The Politics of Brandenburg takes place within a framework of a

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, where the

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exercises sovereign rights with certain powers reserved to the states of Germany including

Brandenburg Brandenburg (; nds, Brannenborg; dsb, Bramborska ) is a states of Germany, state in the northeast of Germany bordering the states of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Lower Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, and Saxony, as well as the country of Poland. With an ar ...

. The three main parties are the centre leftist

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(SPD), the leftist Left Party and the centre rightist Christian Democratic Union. Every five years, all Germans residing in the State over the age of 18 elect the members of the

Landtag of Brandenburg The Landtag of Brandenburg is the unicameral legislature of the state of Brandenburg in Germany. Its 88 members of parliament are usually elected every 5 years. It is responsible for deciding on state laws, controlling the state government an ...

. This regional

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then elects the

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and confirms the cabinet members.

List of minister presidents of Brandenburg

# 1947 - 1949: Karl Steinhoff (

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, formerly

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) # 1949 - 1952:

Rudolf Jahn Rudolf (Rudi) Jahn (4 November 1906 – 30 September 1990) was a German politician ( KPD, SED) and Minister-President of Brandenburg (1949–1952). He was born in Leipzig Leipzig ( , ; Upper Saxon: ) is the most populous city in the ...

(SED) # 1990 - 2002:

Manfred Stolpe Manfred Stolpe (16 May 1936 – 29 December 2019) was Federal Minister of Transport, Building and Urban Affairs of Germany from 2002 until 2005. Before, he was Ministerpräsident of the state Brandenburg from 1990 until 2002. Stolpe was, after ...

(SPD) # 2002 - 2013:

Matthias Platzeck Matthias Platzeck (born 29 December 1953) is a German politician. He was Minister President of Brandenburg from 2002 to 2013 and party chairman of the SPD from November 2005 to April 2006. On 29 July 2013 Platzeck announced his resignation fr ...

(SPD) # 2013:

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 ...

(SPD)

September, 2004 State Election

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