Reinhard Höppner

Reinhard Höppner

Born	2 December 1948 Haldensleben, Saxony-Anhalt, East Germany
Died	9 June 2014 (aged 65) Magdeburg, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
Occupation	Politician
Political party	SDP (1989-1990) SPD (1990-2014)
Spouse(s)	Renate Höppner
Children	3
Parent(s)	Franz Höppner

Reinhard Höppner (December 2, 1948 – June 9, 2014) was a German politician (SPD).^[1] and writer.^[2]

In 1990, in the first (and last) free election in the assembly's history, he was elected a member of the East German People's Chamber (Volkskammer), becoming the assembly's vice president.^[2]

He became the 4th Minister President of Saxony-Anhalt in July 1994^[1]^[3] when, his SPD (party) having failed to secure an outright majority, entered into a minority governing coalition with the Green party.^[3] This was controversial at the time because most had expected that the SPD, if denied an overall majority, would govern in coalition with the PDS, successor to the old East German ruling party: together the SPD and PDS would have had an overall majority.^[3] The so-called Magdeburg model for a minority SPD/Green coalition that excluded the PDS but nevertheless was tolerated (not voted down) by them was subsequently followed in other regional assemblies.^[3] Höppner remained in office until May 16, 2002, when he was succeeded by Wolfgang Böhmer.^[4]^[5]

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1 2 "Reinhard Hoppner". Random House, Inc. Retrieved 23 January 2010.
1 2 Helmut Müller-Enbergs. "Höppner, Reinhard * 2.12.1948, † 9.6.2014 Vizepräsident der Volkskammer, Ministerpräsident von Sachsen-Anhalt". Bundesstiftung zur Aufarbeitung der SED-Diktatur: Biographische Datenbanken. Retrieved 25 November 2014. line feed character in |title= at position 18 (help)
1 2 3 4 mak/dpa (9 June 2014). "Sachsen-Anhalt: Der ehemalige SPD-Ministerpräsident von Sachsen-Anhalt, Reinhard Höppner, ist in der Nacht zum Montag gestorben. Er erlag einer schweren Krankheit". Der Spiegel (online). Retrieved 25 November 2014.
↑ Wolfgang Böhmer. "wolfgang böhmer". Retrieved 23 January 2010.
↑ von Matthias Meisner. "SPD-Politiker Reinhard Höppner ist tot" (in German). Tagesspiegel.de. Retrieved 2014-06-09.

Political offices
Preceded by Christoph Bergner	Minister-President of Saxony-Anhalt 1994–2002	Succeeded by Wolfgang Böhmer

Minister Presidents of Saxony-Anhalt

Soviet administration / DDR (1945-1990)	Erhard Hübener Werner Bruschke state abolished 1952-1990

Federal Republic of Germany (since 1990)	Gerd Gies Werner Münch Christoph Bergner Reinhard Höppner Wolfgang Böhmer Reiner Haseloff

Presidents of the German Evangelical Church Assembly

Reinold von Thadden (1949–1964) Richard von Weizsäcker (1964–1970) Gertrud Osterloh (1970–1971) Heinz Zahrnt (1971–1973) Kurt Sontheimer (1973–1975) Helmut Simon (judge) (1975–1977) Klaus von Bismarck (1977–1979) Richard von Weizsäcker (1979–1981) Erhard Eppler (1981–1983) Wolfgang Huber (1983–1985) Eleonore von Rotenhan (1985–1987) Helmut Simon (judge) (1987–1989) Erhard Eppler (1989–1991) Erika Reihlen (1991–1993) Ernst Benda (1993–1995) Rainer Meusel (1995–1997) Barbara Rinke (1997–1999) Martin Dolde (1999–2001) Elisabeth Raiser (2001–2003) Eckhard Nagel (2003–2005) Reinhard Höppner (2005–2007) Karin von Welck (2007–2009) Katrin Göring-Eckardt (2009–2011) Gerhard Robbers (since 2011)

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 18032325 LCCN: n96101098 ISNI: 0000 0001 1041 9639 GND: 119457741 SUDOC: 07927482X MGP: 90025

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