- Peer Steinbrück
Infobox Minister
name = Peer Steinbrück
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office = Federal Minister of Finance GER
term_start =November 22 2005
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predecessor =Hans Eichel
successor =
office2 =Minister-President ofNorth Rhine-Westphalia
term_start2 =November 6 2002
term_end2 =June 24 2005
predecessor2 =Wolfgang Clement
successor2 =Jürgen Rüttgers
office3 =Finance minister of North Rhine-Westphalia
term_start3 =February 22 2000
term_end3 =November 6 2002
predecessor3 =Heinz Schleußer
successor3 =Jochen Dieckmann
office4 = Minister of Economy of North Rhine-Westphalia
term_start4 =October 28 1998
term_end4 =February 21 2000
predecessor4 =Bodo Hombach
successor4 =Ernst Schwanhold
office5 = Minister of Economy ofSchleswig-Holstein
term_start5 =May 19 1993
term_end5 =October 28 1998
predecessor5 =Uwe Thomas
successor5 =Horst Günter Bülck
birth_date = Birth date and age|1947|1|10|mf=y
birth_place =Hamburg ,Germany
nationality = GER
death_date =
death_place =
party =Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD)
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residence =
alma_mater =University of Kiel
profession =Economist (Diplom )
religion =
website = [http://www.peer-steinbrueck.de/ peer-steinbrueck.de]
footnotes =Peer Steinbrück (born
10 January 1947 inHamburg ) is a GermanSPD politician. He currently serves as Minister of Finance in the cabinet ofAngela Merkel .He was
Minister President ("Ministerpräsident") ofNorth Rhine-Westphalia from November2002 to June2005 .On the state election on
May 22 2005 Steinbrück failed to be reelected as Minister President of North Rhine-Westphalia. His successor wasJürgen Rüttgers (CDU).Since November 2005 he has been finance minister of Germany and Vice chief of
SPD .External links
* [http://www.peer-steinbrueck.de/ Peer Steinbrück's Homepage] (German)
* [http://www.sbznet.de/?rubrik=politix&thema=04-12-08-01 Interview with Peer Steinbrück: "Kennen Sie denn Hawaii-Toast?"] (German, [http://www.sbznet.de sbznet.de] )
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