Dieter Möhrmann (born 1948) is a German politician in the

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(SPD) and deputy speaker in the Lower Saxony State Parliament. Möhrmann was born on 6 March 1948 in

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, Lower Saxony.''Dieter Möhrmann''
at www.spdnds.de. Accessed on 17 Apr 2011. After attending a middle school, Möhrmann underwent training as an industrial sales representative (''Industriekaufmann'') and then worked as a commercial clerk (''kaufmännischer Angestellter''). He then undertook further study, earning diplomas in

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and

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. After that he was employed as a teacher in a school of commerce in Harburg. In 1971 Dieter Möhrmann joined the SPD. Since 1972 he has been a member of the

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of Schneverdingen. From 1974 to 1991 he was chairman of the council's SPD group and, from 1991 to 1996, he was the Mayor of Schneverdingen. Since 1981 Möhrmann has been a member of the district council for

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; where he is chairman of the SPD group.''Dieter Möhrmann''
at www.landtag-niedersachsen.de. Accessed on 17 Apr 2011. Möhrmann is a long-standing member of the Lower Saxon Parliament or ''Landtag'' (from 1982 to 1986 and since 1989). From 1999 to 2008 he was the

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for the SPD parliamentary group in the state parliament; since March 2008 he has been vice-president (deputy speaker) of the parliament. Dieter Möhrmann lives in Schneverdingen, is Evangelical-Lutheran, and is married with two children.

References

Sources

* Barbara Simon: ''Abgeordnete in Niedersachsen 1946–1994. Biographisches Handbuch.'' 1996, p. 259.

External links

Dieter Möhrmann's website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Mohrmann, Dieter Members of the Landtag of Lower Saxony Social Democratic Party of Germany politicians 1948 births Living people