Claus Peter Poppe (born 1 March 1948) is a German

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, representative of the

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Politics

Since 1975, Poppe has been a member of the SPD. From 1976 to 1996 he was a councillor of the city of Lohne, most recently as chairman of the SPD parliamentary group in the city. From 1986 to 1996 he was elected to represent Vechta District. Poppe was elected to the

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in 2003 (the 15th Legislature of Lower Saxony). He was re-elected into MdL office in 2008 and 2013. Since 2008 Poppe has also been a member of the Working Group "Integration" of the SPD-Land Group, member of the "Gesprächskreis SPD and Churches" and the Rolf-Dieter-Brinkmann-Gesellschaft. He is president of the TSV Quakenbrück (with the

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). He served as the honorary mayor of

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from 2011 to 2014. 2014 he won the mayoral elections of the

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municipality (which includes Quakenbrück) and subsequently resigned from his parliament office that year. He served as mayor of Artland since, but due to his age didn't run again for office in 2021.

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Living people People from Quakenbrück Members of the Landtag of Lower Saxony Social Democratic Party of Germany politicians 1948 births People from Vechta (district) Mayors of places in Germany {{Germany-SPD-politician-stub