Christian Görke Explained

Christian Görke
Birth Date:17 March 1962
Birth Place:Rathenow, German Democratic Republic
Office1:Member of the Bundestag
Term Start1:2021
Office2:Minister of Finance of Brandenburg
Term Start2:2014
Term End2:2019
Predecessor2:Helmuth Markov
Office3:Member of the Landtag of Brandenburg
Term Start3:2003
Term End3:2021
Office4:Member of Rathenow City Council
Term Start4:1998
Term End4:2014
Party:The Left (2007–)
Party of Democratic Socialism (1989–2007)
Socialist Unity Party of Germany (1985–1989)
Alma Mater:University of Potsdam

Christian Görke (born 17 March 1962) is a German politician for Die Linke and was deputy Minister-president of the federal state of Brandenburg from 2014 to 2019.

Life and achievements

Görke was born 1962 in Rathenow and became a teacher in 1988.

In 1985 he joined the Socialist Unity Party of Germany and after German reunification became member of Die Linke, serving as the party's federal chairman in Brandenburg from 2014 to 2018.[1]

He became a Member of the Bundestag in the 2021 federal election, contesting Cottbus – Spree-Neiße but coming in fifth place.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Neue Doppelspitze: Brandenburgs Linke wird jetzt von Golze und Mayer geführt. MOZ.de.
  2. Web site: BENL. Bei SPD und Linken: Personalrochaden in Sicht svz.de. 2021-11-13. svz.