Andreas Matthae

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Andreas Matthae (born November 8, 1968 in Bonn ; † August 8, 2004 in Berlin ) was a German politician ( SPD ) and managing director of the Berlin Social Democrats.

Life

Born in Bonn, he moved to Berlin-Kreuzberg in 1972 , where he graduated from high school in 1989 . Then he began in 1990 to study at the Technical University of Berlin in biology and political science for teachers at school . He failed the first state examination . Since 1992 he has worked as an employee and educator and in 2001 became co-owner of a tapas bar in Kreuzberg. From 2003 he was tenant of a pub in Berlin's government district .

His political career began in 1988 when he joined the Social Democratic Party of Germany. 1992–1997 and in 2000 he was department chairman of the Kreuzberg 4th department. In 1996/97 he was first deputy district chairman, then from 1997 to 1999 district chairman of the SPD Kreuzberg.

Since 2000 he was deputy chairman of the capital city SPD and became managing director with the new election of the state executive in June 2004. He was seen as a bearer of hope for the left in his party. In the federal election campaign in 2002 , he failed as a Bundestag candidate in 5th place on the state election list and as an opposing candidate for Christian Ströbele in constituency 84 ( Friedrichshain - Kreuzberg - Prenzlauer Berg Ost ). Matthae was a consistent critic of the politics of the governing mayor Klaus Wowereit (SPD). In June 2004 he was elected managing director of the Berlin SPD.

The SPD politician probably killed himself by hanging himself on the night of August 7th to 8th, 2004 at the age of 35. The body was found on August 9th in his apartment on Hufelandstrasse in the Prenzlauer Berg district . Possible reasons for the suicide include, in addition to the separation from his partner, financial problems, the discontinued studies and unpaid social security contributions, about which the Berliner Morgenpost is preparing a publication. Matthae was buried in the Luisenstadt cemetery on Südstern .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Matthew buried . In: taz . August 21, 2004. Accessed February 19, 2019.

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personal data
SURNAME Matthae, Andreas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German politician (SPD)
DATE OF BIRTH November 8, 1968
PLACE OF BIRTH Bonn
DATE OF DEATH August 8, 2004
Place of death Berlin