Reinhard Meyer (politician)

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Reinhard Meyer (* 5. September 1959 in Bonn ) is a German politician of the SPD and since May 22, 2019 Finance Minister of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern . Previously, he was from January 2018 Head of the State of this province under Prime Minister Manuela Schwesig . From June 2012 to June 2017 he was Minister for Economics and Labor of the State of Schleswig-Holstein in the Albig cabinet and before that between 2006 and June 12, 2012 he was head of the State Chancellery in Schwerin under Prime Minister Erwin Sellering and Harald Ringstorff .

Life and work

Meyer grew up in Bonn and Bremen. After graduating from high school in 1979, he served as a temporary soldier in the German Armed Forces until 1981. From 1982 he studied political science in Braunschweig and Hamburg with history and economics as minor subjects. Following his degree in political science in 1989, he worked as a research assistant at the University of Hamburg until 1990. This was followed by postgraduate studies at the University of Administrative Sciences in Speyer with a master’s degree. publ.

From 1991 to 1994 Meyer was a scientific advisor to the SPD parliamentary group in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. He then became head of the ministerial office of Harald Ringstorff , then Minister for Economic Affairs and Affairs of the European Union. Ringstorff resigned from the state government in 1996, the economic department was taken over by Jürgen Seidel ( CDU ). Meyer changed as a speaker to the now SPD-led Ministry of Finance. From 1997 to 1998 he was head of the agency for the state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania at the federal level . After the red-red coalition under Prime Minister Ringstorff took office following the state elections in 1998 , Meyer became head of department in the State Chancellery. In April 2001 Meyer moved to the Senate Chancellery of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg as head of department, but returned to Schwerin in December 2001 as State Secretary in the Ministry of Economic Affairs.

politics

In December 2001 Meyer was appointed State Secretary in the Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania Ministry of Economics, led by Otto Ebnet (SPD). In January 2006 he became head of the State Chancellery of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, initially under Harald Ringstorff (SPD), and from October 6, 2008 under Erwin Sellering (SPD). After Torsten Albig (SPD) was elected Prime Minister of Schleswig-Holstein on June 12, 2012, Reinhard Meyer was sworn in as Minister of Economics and Labor. After the lost state elections in May 2017 , which led to a Jamaica coalition under Daniel Günther ( CDU ) and thus put the Schleswig-Holstein SPD into the opposition , Meyer became head of the state chancellery again on January 22, 2018, succeeding Christian Frenzel Cabinet of the incumbent Prime Minister Manuela Schwesig appointed. After the resignation of the Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania Finance Minister Mathias Brodkorb due to differences with the Prime Minister, Meyer took over his job on May 22, 2019, and Heiko Geue succeeded him on the same day as head of the State Chancellery .

literature

See also

Web links

Dataset on and literature about Reinhard Meyer in the state bibliography MV - No hit, July 18, 2017.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ ndr.de ( Memento from June 7, 2012 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on June 12, 2012.
  2. ↑ Current press releases - government portal MV. Retrieved January 22, 2018 .
  3. ^ Criticism of Brodkorb: Schwesig presents new finance minister | Nordkurier.de. April 29, 2019, accessed May 2, 2019 .
  4. ^ Press office of the State Chancellery: Manuela Schwesig appoints new cabinet members. In: Press release number 136/2019. State government of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania- government portal MV, May 22, 2019, accessed on May 22, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Meyer, Reinhard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German politician (SPD), Minister in Schleswig-Holstein
DATE OF BIRTH 5th September 1959
PLACE OF BIRTH Bonn