Christoph Bergner
Christoph Bergner (born 24 November 1948 in Zwickau) is a German politician and member of the conservative CDU.
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[edit] Life and political career
Christoph Bergner was born in Zwickau, Sachsen. After finishing his agronomy studies in 1971, he earned a doctorate and worked as a research associate at the Institut für Biochemie der Pflanzen der Akademie der Wissenschaften der DDR from 1974 until 1990.
Bergner was Minister-President of Saxony-Anhalt from 1993 until 1994. Since 2002, he has been a member of the Bundestag; since 2005, a secretary of state in the Federal Ministry of the Interior (Germany); since 2006, he is Federal commissioner for national minorities (German: Beauftragter der Bundesregierung für Aussiedlerfragen und nationale Minderheiten).
Christoph Bergner is a member of the Protestant church and has a critical estimation of Communism[1]. He is married with three children.
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- Federal Ministry of the Interior (Germany)
- Cabinet Merkel II
- Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities
- European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages
- Volga Germans
- Russian Mennonite
- Deutsche Nationalkreis Asowo
- Deutsche Nationalkreis Halbstadt
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- Official website (CDU)
- Parliament (Deutscher Bundestag) - biography
- Federal Ministry of the Interior (BMI) - biography
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| Preceded by Werner Münch |
Minister-President of Saxony-Anhalt 1993–1994 |
Succeeded by Reinhard Höppner |
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