Minister-President of Brandenburg | |
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Ministerpräsident des Landes Brandenburg | |
since 28 August 2013 | |
Residence | Potsdam |
Appointer | Landtag of Brandenburg |
Term length | Pending resignation or the election of a successor |
Inaugural holder | Manfred Stolpe |
Formation | 3 October 1990 |
Salary | regulated by legislation |
The minister-president of Brandenburg is the head of government of the German state of Brandenburg. The office was created in 1990 after the German reunification and the joining of Brandenburg in the Federal Republic of Germany. The current and third minister-president is Dietmar Woidke, heading a coalition government between the Social Democrats, the CDU and the Alliance '90/The Greens. Woidke succeeded Matthias Platzeck in August 2013.
The minister-president's seat of government is known as the State Chancellery (German: Staatskanzlei) and is located in the state capital, Potsdam, along with the other cabinet department.