Klaus Lederer | |
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_by_Sandro_Halank.jpg) Lederer in 2017 | |
| Deputy Governing Mayor of Berlin | |
| In office 8 December 2016 – 27 April 2023 | |
| Governing Mayor | Michael Müller Franziska Giffey |
| Preceded by | Frank Henkel |
| Succeeded by | Stefan Evers |
| Senator for Culture and Europe of Berlin | |
| In office 8 December 2016 – 27 April 2023 | |
| Governing Mayor | Michael Müller Franziska Giffey |
| Preceded by | Thomas Flierl(2006) |
| Succeeded by | Joe Chialo |
| Leader ofThe Left inBerlin | |
| In office 30 June 2007 – 10 December 2016 | |
| Preceded by | Office established |
| Succeeded by | Katina Schubert |
| Member of theAbgeordnetenhaus of Berlin | |
| Assumed office 4 November 2021 | |
| In office 1 January 2003 – 31 January 2017 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Klaus Lederer (1974-03-21)21 March 1974 (age 51) |
| Party | The Left |
| Residence(s) | Prenzlauer Berg,Berlin |
| Alma mater | Humboldt University of Berlin |
Klaus Lederer (born 21 March 1974) is a German politician ofThe Left who served asDeputy Mayor andSenator for Culture and Europe in theBerlin state government between December 2016 to April 2023. He is also a member of theAbgeordnetenhaus of Berlin since 2001. He previously served as chairman of the Berlin branch of The Left from 2006 to 2016. He was the lead candidate for his party in the2016,2021 and2023 state elections.
Lederer was born inSchwerin and grew up inFrankfurt an der Oder,[1] where he attendedPolytechnic Secondary School. In 1988, the family moved toHohenschönhausen in Berlin. There he attended Heinrich-Hertz-Oberschule inFriedrichshain, studying mathematics and science and earning hisAbitur in 1992. He then spent a year in youth social work before studying law at theHumboldt University of Berlin. He passed the first state law examination in 1998. After his studies, he did one year of civilian service in senior citizen care. He then worked on his dissertation onPrivatization in the water sector at the Law Faculty of Humboldt University, where he received his doctorate in 2004. In February 2005, Lederer received the Carl Goerdeler Award from the Carl and Anneliese Goerdeler Foundation Leipzig and theDeutsches Institut für Urbanistik for his doctoral thesis, as well as the John Desmond Bernal Award from theRosa Luxemburg Foundation Brandenburg. In February 2006, he passed the second state law examination.[2]
Lederer lives with his husband inPrenzlauer Berg. He is a member of theQueer Nations initiative[2] and participated in theEquality Parade inWarsaw as part of the Queer Nations conference in 2007. He performed several times with the Prenzlauer Berg-baseda cappella group Rostkehlchen and released a CD in 2002, covering songs of the former East German punk bandFeeling B in the style of a 1920s tenor.
On 5 June 2009, Lederer entered into a civil partnership with his long-term partner. They have been married since August 2018.[3]
Lederer joined theParty of Democratic Socialism (PDS) in 1992. From 1992 to 1995, he was a member of the youth welfare committee of the Mitte borough of Berlin. In 1995, he was elected to the municipal council inPrenzlauer Berg for the PDS. From 1997 to 2003, he was a member of the PDS federal arbitration committee. In 2000, he became deputy chairman of the PDS inPankow; in 2003 he was elected deputy state chairman.[2]
Lederer entered theAbgeordnetenhaus of Berlin on 1 January 2003 after the resignation of Harald Wolf. He became the PDS spokesman for legal policy and a member of the Committee for Constitutional and Legal Affairs, Immunity, and Rules of Procedure.[2]
In December 2005, Lederer succeededStefan Liebich as state chairman of the Berlin branch of the PDS, which by this time had been renamedLeft Party.PDS. At the state party conference, he received nearly 90% of the votes. After the foundation of The Left in June 2007, he was elected Berlin state chairman with 80% of the votes.[2] Lederer ran as a candidate inBerlin-Mitte for the2009 and2013 federal elections but was unsuccessful, placing fourth both times.
Within The Left, Lederer is a member of the reform-oriented Forum for Democratic Socialism. He became a member of the party's federal executive board in 2012, serving until 2018.[2]
Lederer was re-elected to the Abgeordnetenhaus in the2006 and2011 state elections. He was The Left's lead candidate in the 2016 election and was re-elected; The Left became the third largest party in the Abgeordnetenhaus. Lederer subsequently led the Left's negotiations with theSPD andGreens to form a coalition government, which were successful. After joining theSenate of Berlin, he resigned from the Abgeordnetenhaus in January 2017. He served as the lead candidate for The Left for a second time in the 2021 state election and was re-elected once again.[2]
On 8 December 2016, Lederer became Deputy Governing Mayor and Senator for Culture and Europe in thesecond Müller senate. After the 2021 election, he was re-appointed to the same positions in theGiffey senate.[2]
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