Sigmar Gabriel

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Sigmar Gabriel
Chairman of the Social Democratic Party of Germany
Incumbent
Assumed office  November 13, 2009
Preceded by	Franz Müntefering
Federal Minister for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety  Germany
In office 22 November 2005 – 27 October 2009
Preceded by	Jürgen Trittin
Succeeded by	Norbert Röttgen
Minister-President of Lower Saxony
In office December 15, 1999 – March 4, 2003
Preceded by	Gerhard Glogowski
Succeeded by	Christian Wulff
Born	September 12, 1959 (1959-09-12) (age 50) Goslar, Germany
Political party	SPD
Occupation	Teacher

Sigmar Gabriel (born September 12, 1959 in Goslar) is a German politician, a member of SPD and its chairman.

On December 15, 1999, after the resignation of Gerhard Glogowski, who had succeeded Gerhard Schröder in office, Gabriel became Minister-President of Lower Saxony and served until March 4, 2003. After being voted out of office, he became the SPD's "Representative for Pop Culture and Pop Discourse" from 2003 to 2005, for which he was bestowed with the nickname Siggi Pop.^[1] From 2005 to 2009 he was the Federal Minister for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety minister in the cabinet of Angela Merkel.

He has promoted the International Renewable Energy Agency.

Following the SPD's abysmal results in the federal election of 2009, Franz Müntefering resigned from the position of party chairman of the Social Democratic Party. Gabriel was nominated as his successor and was elected on November 13, 2009. ^[2]

[edit] External links

• Official website

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v • d • e The First Merkel Cabinet, 22 November 2005 – 28 October 2009 Franz Müntefering/Olaf Scholz (since 22 Nov 2007) (SPD) | Frank-Walter Steinmeier (SPD) | Wolfgang Schäuble (CDU) | Brigitte Zypries (SPD) | Peer Steinbrück (SPD) | Michael Glos/Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg (since 10 Feb 2009) (CSU) | Horst Seehofer/Ilse Aigner (since 31 Oct 2008) (CSU) | Franz Josef Jung (CDU) | Ursula von der Leyen (CDU) | Ulla Schmidt (SPD) | Wolfgang Tiefensee (SPD) | Sigmar Gabriel (SPD) | Annette Schavan (CDU) | Heidemarie Wieczorek-Zeul (SPD) | Thomas de Maizière (CDU)

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