Birgit Pommer

Birgit Pommer
Pommer in 2020
President of the Landtag of Thuringia
In office
26 November 2019 – 26 September 2024
Preceded byBirgit Diezel
Succeeded byThadäus König
Minister for Infrastructure and Agriculture of Thuringia
In office
5 December 2014 – 26 November 2019
Preceded byJürgen Reinholz
Succeeded byBenjamin-Immanuel Hoff
Administrator of Nordhausen District
In office
6 May 2012 – 5 December 2014
Preceded byJoachim Claus
Succeeded byJutta Krauth
Member of the Landtag of Thuringia
Assumed office
27 October 2019
Preceded byEgon Primas
ConstituencyNordhausen I
Majority7,009 (32.3%)
In office
30 August 2009 – 6 May 2012
ConstituencyList
Personal details
Born
Birgit Ehrhardt

(1959-01-28) 28 January 1959 (age 65)
Eisleben, East Germany
Political partyThe Left (2007–present)
PDS (1990–2007)
SED (1977–1990)
Children2

Birgit Pommer (née Ehrhardt, previously Keller, born 28 January 1959) is a German politician of The Left who has served as President of the Landtag of Thuringia from 2019 to 2024. She is the first member of her party to serve as speaker of any state parliament.[1] Prior, she served as Minister for Infrastructure and Agriculture in the first Ramelow cabinet.[2][3]

  1. ^ "Left member Keller elected Landtag president" (in German). Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. 26 November 2019.
  2. ^ "Birgit Keller (The Left) becomes new Landtag president in Thuringia" (in German). Coolis.de. 26 November 2019.
  3. ^ "Thuringian Ministry for Infrastructure and Agriculture" (in German). Government of Thuringia. Archived from the original on 8 January 2019.