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Christian Görke | |
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Görke on 9 March 2016 | |
| Member of theBundestag | |
| Assumed office 2021 | |
| Minister of Finance ofBrandenburg | |
| In office 2014–2019 | |
| Preceded by | Helmuth Markov |
| Succeeded by | Katrin Lange |
| Member of theLandtag of Brandenburg | |
| In office 2003–2021 | |
| Member ofRathenow City Council | |
| In office 1998–2014 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1962-03-17)17 March 1962 (age 63) |
| Political 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 forDie Linke and was deputyMinister-president of the federal state ofBrandenburg from 2014 to 2019.
Görke was born 1962 inRathenow and became a teacher in 1988.
In 1985 he joined theSocialist Unity Party of Germany and afterGerman reunification became member ofDie Linke, serving as the party's federal chairman inBrandenburg from 2014 to 2018.[1]
He became aMember of the Bundestag in the2021 federal election, contestingCottbus – Spree-Neiße but coming in fifth place.[2]