Manfred Stolpe

Manfred Stolpe
Stolpe in 2005
Minister for Transport, Building and Housing
In office
22 October 2002 – 22 November 2005
ChancellorGerhard Schröder
Preceded byKurt Bodewig
Succeeded byWolfgang Tiefensee (Transport, Building and Urban Development)
Minister-President of Brandenburg
In office
1 November 1990 – 26 June 2002
DeputyAlwin Ziel
Jörg Schönbohm
Preceded byJochen Wolf (as Landesbevollmächtigter)
Succeeded byMatthias Platzeck
Member of the
Landtag of Brandenburg
for Cottbus
In office
11 October 1994 – 11 November 2002
Preceded byDyrck Schneidenbach
Succeeded byBritta Stark
ConstituencyCottbus II
In office
26 October 1990 – 11 October 1994
Preceded byConstituency established
Succeeded byHeidemarie Konzack
ConstituencyCottbus I
Personal details
Born(1936-05-16)16 May 1936
Stettin, Pomerania, Nazi Germany (now Szczecin, Poland)
Died29 December 2019(2019-12-29) (aged 83)
Potsdam, Brandenburg, Germany
Cause of deathColorectal cancer
Resting placeBornstedt Cemetery, Potsdam
Political partySocial Democratic Party (1990–2019)
Spouse
Ingrid Stolpe
(m. 1961; div. 2003)
Children1
Alma materUniversity of Jena
Free University of Berlin
Occupation
  • Politician
  • Lawyer
  • Stasi Agent
  • Canonist

Manfred Stolpe (16 May 1936 – 29 December 2019) was a German canonist, theologian and politician who served as Federal Minister of Transport, Building and Urban Affairs of Germany from 2002 until 2005. Before, he was Ministerpräsident of the state Brandenburg from 1990 until 2002. Stolpe was, after the state elections following German reunification, the only Social Democratic Minister-President of a state of former East Germany. Stolpe is considered to be the architect of modern Brandenburg[1] and left office with a 74% approval rating.[2] He is credited with forging a new identity for the state, among other things, popularizing the Brandenburglied, though controversy surrounding several failed projects and his work for the Stasi[3] came up during his tenure. To date, Brandenburg has only had Social Democratic Minister-Presidents.

  1. ^ "Schwesig: Manfred Stolpe war "großartiger Ministerpräsidenten und echter Landesvater"". OZ – Ostsee-Zeitung. 30 December 2019. Retrieved 22 April 2022.
  2. ^ "SPD LV Brandenburg – Index". 21 July 2002. Archived from the original on 21 July 2002. Retrieved 22 April 2022.
  3. ^ "Manfred Stolpe – Fakten über den Zuträger des MfS". www.stasiopfer.com. Retrieved 22 April 2022.