Stephan Weil

Stephan Weil
Weil in 2018
Minister-President of Lower Saxony
Assumed office
19 February 2013
DeputyStefan Wenzel
Bernd Althusmann
Julia Hamburg
Preceded byDavid McAllister
President of the Bundesrat
In office
1 November 2013 – 31 October 2014
First Vice PresidentWinfried Kretschmann
Preceded byWinfried Kretschmann
Succeeded byVolker Bouffier
Leader of the
Social Democratic Party of Lower Saxony
Assumed office
20 January 2012
General SecretaryDetlef Tanke
Hanna Naber
Dörte Liebetruth
DeputyCarola Reimann
Olaf Lies
Johanne Modder
Dörte Liebetruth
Philipp Raulfs
Preceded byOlaf Lies
Lord Mayor of Hanover
In office
1 November 2006 – 19 February 2013
Preceded byHerbert Schmalstieg
Succeeded byStefan Schostok
Member of the
Landtag of Lower Saxony
for Hannover-Buchholz
Assumed office
19 February 2013
Preceded byGisela Konrath
Personal details
Born
Stephan-Peter Weil

(1958-12-15) 15 December 1958 (age 65)
Hamburg, West Germany (now Germany)
Political partySocial Democratic Party of Germany (1980–)
Spouse
Rosemarie Kerkow-Weil
(m. 1987)
Children1
ResidenceHannover-Kirchrode
Alma materUniversity of Göttingen
Occupation
  • Politician
  • Lawyer
  • Civil Servant
  • Judge
Website

Stephan Weil (born 15 December 1958) is a German politician and the leader of the Social Democratic Party in Lower Saxony. On 20 January 2013, the SPD and the Green party won the 2013 Lower Saxony state election by one seat.[1] On 19 February 2013, he was elected Minister President of Lower Saxony with the votes of SPD and Alliance '90/The Greens.[2] From 1 November 2013 until 31 October 2014 he was President of the Bundesrat and ex officio deputy to the President of Germany. In November 2017, he was again elected Minister President with the votes of SPD and CDU.

  1. ^ "Major Setback for Merkel: Last-Minute Win for Germany's SPD and Greens". Der Spiegel. 21 January 2013. Retrieved 21 January 2013.
  2. ^ Hebel, Christina (19 February 2013). "Neuer Niedersachsen-Premier Weil: Der Anti-Schröder startet durch" [New Lower Saxony PM Weil: The Anti-Schröder takes off]. Spiegel Online (in German). Retrieved 19 February 2013.