Karl-Heinz Schröter (born 26 October 1954) is a German

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(

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). He is the current State Minister of the Interior government of Minister-President

Dietmar Woidke Hubert Dietmar Woidke (born 22 October 1961) is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party of Germany. Since August 2013, Woidke has served as Minister President of Brandenburg. Political career Woidke has been a member of the SPD s ...

Brandenburg Brandenburg, officially the State of Brandenburg, is a States of Germany, state in northeastern Germany. Brandenburg borders Poland and the states of Berlin, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Lower Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, and Saxony. It is the List of Ger ...

. He previously served as district administrator of the

Oberhavel Oberhavel is a ''Kreis'' (district) in the northern part of Brandenburg, Germany. Its neighbouring districts are (clockwise from the north): Mecklenburgische Seenplatte (district) in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, the districts of Uckermark and Ba ...

district (country

) and was a member of the twelfth

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Early life and education

Karl-Heinz Schroter was born on 26 October 1954 in

Frankfurt (Oder) Frankfurt (Oder), also known as Frankfurt an der Oder (, ; Central Marchian: ''Frankfort an de Oder,'' ) is the fourth-largest city in the German state of Brandenburg after Potsdam, Cottbus and Brandenburg an der Havel. With around 58,000 inh ...

. After attending a Polytechnic Secondary School and Advanced High School, he received the 1973

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. Subsequently he served until 1975, his

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. Schroeter studied at the

University of Rostock The University of Rostock () is a public university located in Rostock, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. Founded in 1419, it is the third-oldest university in Germany. It is the oldest university in continental northern Europe and the Baltic Se ...

, and graduated in 1980 as a graduate

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with a degree in Agricultural Engineering. Then he was up to 1990 working in the maintenance of agricultural engineering, most recently as Technical Director in the

Volkseigenes Gut 200px, Entrance to VEG Vorder Bollhagen The or 'Publicly Owned Estate'; abbreviated VEG) was a state-owned farm in the German Democratic Republic (GDR), corresponding to the Soviet ''Sovkhoz'' and the '' Państwowe Gospodarstwo Rolne'' in the ...

Animal Production Berlin.

Political career

Schröter 1989 was a member of the

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, now Social Democratic Party (SPD), and a year later became chairman of the SPD District Association Oranienburg. In May 1990, Schröter was selected as Chief Executive of the Oranienburg circle. From 1990 to 1994 he was also a

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as a directly elected representative of the constituency Oranienburg - Nauen In 1994, Schröter as Chief Executive of the newly formed County Upper Havel and Chairman of the County Association and Vice-President of Brandenburg

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2001 saw his re-election as district administrator. In relation to a possible reorganisation of the Federal Territory, Schroeter in 2000 appealed for the creation of a large north-eastern state. This should consist of the counties

Berlin Berlin ( ; ) is the Capital of Germany, capital and largest city of Germany, by both area and List of cities in Germany by population, population. With 3.7 million inhabitants, it has the List of cities in the European Union by population withi ...

Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (MV; ; ), also known by its anglicized name Mecklenburg–Western Pomerania, is a state in the north-east of Germany. Of the country's sixteen states, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern ranks 14th in population; it covers an are ...

and

Saxony-Anhalt Saxony-Anhalt ( ; ) is a States of Germany, state of Germany, bordering the states of Brandenburg, Saxony, Thuringia and Lower Saxony. It covers an area of and has a population of 2.17 million inhabitants, making it the List of German states ...

formed with

Schwerin Schwerin (; Mecklenburgisch-Vorpommersch dialect, Mecklenburgisch-Vorpommersch Low German: ''Swerin''; Polabian language, Polabian: ''Zwierzyn''; Latin: ''Suerina'', ''Suerinum'') is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Germ ...

as the capital. In 2006 Schroeter was a candidate for the post of chairman of the SPD in Brandenburg, from which

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withdrew. In 2007 Schröter demanded further decentralization of school policy in Brandenburg education as a key reform. Cities as education providers should also get the personal responsibility for the teachers In connection with the construction of the Berlin Brandenburg International Airport Schröter pleaded in 2008 for keeping open Berlin-Tegel Airport, otherwise, he feared a negative impact on economic development of the Upper Havel. In November 2009, Schröter was re-elected by the

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as a district administrator. His new eight-year term will begin in March 2010. The parliamentary groups of CDU SPD and FDP previously had an application rejected in the district council, for a change to the Brandenburg Communal Constitution, to choose the new district administrator directly by citizens. Some group members expressed a direct election was too risky for them. Schröter, in 2007, described as completely unnecessary, the direct election of district administrators in Brandenburg. Since 2014, Schröter has been serving as State Minister of the Interior in the government of Minister-President

. As one of his state's representatives at the Bundesrat, he serves on the Committee on Internal Affairs and the Defense Committee.

Comments

Schröter is criticized by trade-union members for his support for plans in 2012 to provide merchandise-coupons to political refugees instead of money in cash.Stadt Cottbus: ab 2012 Bargeld statt Gutscheine / Drei Landkreise in Brandenburg noch mit Gutscheinen
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Personal life

Schröter is

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, married and has two children. He lives in

Hohen Neuendorf Hohen Neuendorf () is a town in the Oberhavel district, in Brandenburg, Germany. It is located north west of Berlin. Geography Hohen Neuendorf is situated upon the Havel river (built on the Oder-Havel Canal) and is bordered by the Berlin areas F ...

and is a Marathon runner.Klaus-J. Holzapfel (Hrsg.): Kürschners Volkshandbuch Deutscher Bundestag; 12. Wahlperiode 1990. 62. Auflage, Rheinbreitbach 1991, S. 224.Landrat mit langem Atem. In: Märkische Allgemeine, Neue Oranienburger Zeitung, 26. Oktober 2004.

References

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