Bodo Ramelow

Bodo Ramelow
Ramelow in 2019
Minister-President of Thuringia
Assumed office
4 March 2020
DeputyWolfgang Tiefensee
Georg Maier
Preceded byThomas Kemmerich
In office
5 December 2014 – 5 February 2020
DeputyHeike Taubert
Preceded byChristine Lieberknecht
Succeeded byThomas Kemmerich
President of the Bundesrat
In office
1 November 2021 – 31 October 2022
First Vice PresidentReiner Haseloff
Preceded byReiner Haseloff
Succeeded byPeter Tschentscher
Leader of The Left
in the Landtag of Thuringia
In office
3 November 2009 – 5 December 2014
Preceded byDieter Hausold
Succeeded bySusanne Hennig-Wellsow
Leader of the
Party of Democratic Socialism
in the Landtag of Thuringia
In office
14 November 2001 – 17 October 2005
Preceded byGabi Zimmer
Succeeded byDieter Hausold
Parliamentary constituencies
Member of the
Landtag of Thuringia
Assumed office
26 November 2019
Preceded byMarion Walsmann
ConstituencyErfurt III
In office
14 October 2014 – 31 March 2015
Preceded bymulti-member district
Succeeded byIris Martin-Gehl
ConstituencyThe Left list
In office
29 September 2009 – 14 October 2014
Preceded byMarion Walsmann
Succeeded byMarion Walsmann
ConstituencyErfurt III
In office
8 July 2004 – 17 October 2005
Preceded byJohanna Arenhövel
Succeeded byJörg Kubitzki
ConstituencyErfurt I
In office
1 October 1999 – 8 July 2004
Preceded bymulti-member district
Succeeded bymulti-member district
ConstituencyParty of Democratic Socialism list
Member of the Bundestag
for Thuringia
In office
18 October 2005 – 28 September 2009
Preceded bymulti-member district
Succeeded byFrank Tempel
ConstituencyParty of Democratic Socialism list
Personal details
Born (1956-02-16) 16 February 1956 (age 68)
Osterholz-Scharmbeck, Lower Saxony, West Germany (now Germany)
Political partyThe Left (since 2007)
Other political
affiliations
Party of Democratic Socialism (1999–2007)
Spouse
Germana Alberti vom Hofe
(m. 2006)
Children2
Residence(s)Erfurt and Saalburg
Websitebodo-ramelow.de

Bodo Ramelow (German pronunciation: [ˈboːdo ˈʁaməlo]; born 16 February 1956) is a German politician who has served since 4 March 2020 as Minister-President of Thuringia, an office he previously held from 2014 to 5 February 2020. He is the first head of a German state government to serve non-consecutive terms in office since Eberhard Diepgen, who served twice as Governing Mayor of Berlin (1984–1989 and 1991–2001). A member of The Left, he previously chaired the party's group in the Landtag of Thuringia. On 8 October 2021, he was elected to a one-year term as President of the Bundesrat. His term lasted from 1 November 2021 until 31 October 2022.