Walter Momper

Walter Momper
Walter Momper at the Brandenburg Gate
Mayor of Berlin
Personal details
Born	21 February 1945 (1945-02-21) Sulingen, today Lower Saxony
Political party	Social Democrats

West German Chancellor Helmut Kohl (at the microphone), East German Premier Hans Modrow (left), and West Berlin mayor Walter Momper [with red scarf] in the official opening of the Brandenburg Gate.

Walter Momper (born 21 February 1945) is a German politician and former Mayor of West Berlin (Berlin after 1990) 1989–1990 and Berlin 1990-1991. Whilst Governing Mayor, he served as President of the Bundesrat in 1989/90. He attended the opening of the Brandenburg Gate on 22 December 1989.

He was born in Sulingen (near Bremen), today Lower Saxony, and is a member of the SPD (Social Democrats).

References

• "Walter Momper: Regierender Bürgermeister vom 16.3.1989 bis 24.1.1991" (in German). Senatskanzlei Berlin. http://www.berlin.de/rbmskzl/rbm/galerie/walter_momper.html. Retrieved 2010-10-04. 

This article incorporates information from the equivalent article on the German Wikipedia.

Political offices
Preceded by Eberhard Diepgen	Mayor of Berlin 1989–1991	Succeeded by Eberhard Diepgen
Preceded by Reinhard Führer	President of the Landtag of Berlin 2001–	Succeeded by -