Manfred Stolpe

Manfred Stolpe
Manfred Stolpe
	Stolpe in 2005
Minister for Transport, Building and Housing
	In office; 22 October 2002 – 22 November 2005
Chancellor	Gerhard Schröder
Preceded by	Kurt Bodewig
Succeeded by	Wolfgang Tiefensee (Transport, Building and Urban Development)
Minister-President of Brandenburg
	In office; 1 November 1990 – 26 June 2002
Deputy	Alwin Ziel; Jörg Schönbohm
Preceded by	Jochen Wolf (as Landesbevollmächtigter)
Succeeded by	Matthias Platzeck
Member of the; Landtag of Brandenburg ; for Cottbus
	In office; 11 October 1994 – 11 November 2002
Preceded by	Dyrck Schneidenbach
Succeeded by	Britta Stark
Constituency	Cottbus II
	In office; 26 October 1990 – 11 October 1994
Preceded by	Constituency established
Succeeded by	Heidemarie Konzack
Constituency	Cottbus I
Personal details
Born	16 May 1936; Stettin, Pomerania, Nazi Germany (now Szczecin, Poland)
Died	29 December 2019 (aged 83); Potsdam, Brandenburg, Germany
Cause of death	Colorectal cancer
Resting place	Bornstedt Cemetery, Potsdam
Political party	Social Democratic Party (1990–2019)
Spouse	Ingrid Stolpe; (m. 1961; div. 2003)
Children	1
Alma mater	University of Jena; Free University of Berlin
Occupation	Politician; Lawyer; Stasi Agent; Canonist;

Manfred Stolpe (16 May 1936 – 29 December 2019) was a German canonist, theologian and politician who served as 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 the state elections following German reunification, the only Social Democratic Minister-President of a state of former East Germany. Stolpe is considered to be the architect of modern Brandenburg and left office with a 74% approval rating. He is credited with forging a new identity for the state, among other things, popularizing the Brandenburglied, though controversy surrounding several failed projects and his work for the Stasi came up during his tenure. To date, Brandenburg has only had Social Democratic Minister-Presidents.

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