Christian Görke

Christian Görke
Christian Görke
	Görke on 9 March 2016
Member of the Bundestag
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 2021
Minister of Finance of Brandenburg
	In office; 2014–2019
Preceded by	Helmuth Markov
Succeeded by	Katrin Lange
Member of the Landtag of Brandenburg
	In office; 2003–2021
Member of Rathenow City Council
	In office; 1998–2014
Personal details
Born	17 March 1962; Rathenow, German Democratic Republic
Party	The Left (2007–); Party of Democratic Socialism (1989–2007); Socialist Unity Party of Germany (1985–1989)
Alma mater	University of Potsdam

Christian Görke (born 17 March 1962) is a German politician for Die Linke and was deputy Minister-president of the federal state of Brandenburg from 2014 to 2019.

Life and achievements

Görke was born 1962 in Rathenow and became a teacher in 1988.

In 1985 he joined the Socialist Unity Party of Germany and after German reunification became member of Die Linke, serving as the party's federal chairman in Brandenburg from 2014 to 2018.^[1]

He became a Member of the Bundestag in the 2021 federal election, contesting Cottbus – Spree-Neiße but coming in fifth place.^[2]

References

↑ "Neue Doppelspitze: Brandenburgs Linke wird jetzt von Golze und Mayer geführt". MOZ.de.
↑ BENL. "Bei SPD und Linken: Personalrochaden in Sicht | svz.de". svz. Retrieved 13 November 2021.

[1] "Neue Doppelspitze: Brandenburgs Linke wird jetzt von Golze und Mayer geführt". MOZ.de.

[2] BENL. "Bei SPD und Linken: Personalrochaden in Sicht | svz.de". svz. Retrieved 13 November 2021.

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