Kurt Beck Politician
Kurt Beck (born 5 February 1949) is a German politician (SPD), serving as the Minister-President of Rhineland-Palatinate from 1994 to 2013 and as President of the Bundesrat in 2000/01. On 14 May 2006 he succeeded Matthias Platzeck as Chairman of the German Social Democratic Party (SPD). He resigned from that post on 7 September 2008.On 28 September 2012 he announced his resignation from the post of minister-president. He was succeeded by social minister Malu Dreyer.Following Peter Struck's death in 2012, Kurt Beck together with Dieter Schulte took chair of the Friedrich Ebert Foundation.
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