Leader of the Social Democratic Party of Lower Saxony
Incumbent
Assumed office 20 January 2012
General Secretary
Detlef Tanke Hanna Naber Dörte Liebetruth
Deputy
Carola Reimann Olaf Lies Johanne Modder Dörte Liebetruth Philipp Raulfs
Preceded by
Olaf Lies
Lord Mayor of Hanover
In office 1 November 2006 – 19 February 2013
Preceded by
Herbert Schmalstieg
Succeeded by
Stefan Schostok
Member of the Landtag of Lower Saxony for Hannover-Buchholz
Incumbent
Assumed office 19 February 2013
Preceded by
Gisela Konrath
Personal details
Born
Stephan-Peter Weil
(1958-12-15) 15 December 1958 (age 65) Hamburg, West Germany (now Germany)
Political party
Social Democratic Party of Germany (1980–)
Spouse
Rosemarie Kerkow-Weil
(m. 1987)
Children
1
Residence
Hannover-Kirchrode
Alma mater
University of Göttingen
Occupation
Politician
Lawyer
Civil Servant
Judge
Website
Official website
Stephan Weil (born 15 December 1958) is a German politician and the leader of the Social Democratic Party in Lower Saxony. On 20 January 2013, the SPD and the Green party won the 2013 Lower Saxony state election by one seat.[1] On 19 February 2013, he was elected Minister President of Lower Saxony with the votes of SPD and Alliance '90/The Greens.[2]
From 1 November 2013 until 31 October 2014 he was President of the Bundesrat and ex officio deputy to the President of Germany. In November 2017, he was again elected Minister President with the votes of SPD and CDU.
^"Major Setback for Merkel: Last-Minute Win for Germany's SPD and Greens". Der Spiegel. 21 January 2013. Retrieved 21 January 2013.
^Hebel, Christina (19 February 2013). "Neuer Niedersachsen-Premier Weil: Der Anti-Schröder startet durch" [New Lower Saxony PM Weil: The Anti-Schröder takes off]. Spiegel Online (in German). Retrieved 19 February 2013.
StephanWeil (born 15 December 1958) is a German politician and the leader of the Social Democratic Party in Lower Saxony. On 20 January 2013, the SPD...
elected Minister-President. After the state election on 20 January 2013, StephanWeil of the Social Democrats was elected as the new Minister-President. He...
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Democrats eventually lost the government role. On 19 February 2013, StephanWeil of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) was elected Minister-President...
for Interior and Sports in the state government of Lower Saxony (Cabinet Weil II) since 2013. He served in the State Parliament of Lower Saxony from 2017...
Christian Democratic Union of Germany (CDU) led by Minister-President StephanWeil. The SPD remained the largest party with 33% and gained two seats, despite...
Democratic Party and the Greens, supporting the cabinet of Minister-President StephanWeil (SPD). The Landtag is situated in the Leineschloss, a former residence...
Minister-President StephanWeil was defeated. Though the SPD became the largest party in the Landtag largely fueled by the personal popularity of Weil, their gains...
Social Affairs, Health, and Equality in the cabinet of Minister-President StephanWeil of Lower Saxony from 2017 to 2021. She previously represented Braunschweig...
General-Secretary Lars Klingbeil and several Ministers-President such as StephanWeil and Hamburg First Mayor Peter Tschentscher. In December 2019, the SPD...
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by Minister President StephanWeil and was formed by the Social Democratic Party and the Alliance '90/The Greens, after Weil's winning of the 2013 Lower...
(2011–2012) Winfried Kretschmann, President of the Bundesrat (2012–2013) StephanWeil, President of the Bundesrat (2013–2014) Volker Bouffier, President of...
the head of government of Lower Saxony. The current Prime Minister is StephanWeil. In the most recent state election in 2013, the ruling Christian Democratic...
Minister for Economic Affairs in the government of Minister-President StephanWeil from 2017 to 2022. From 1994 to 2009, Althusmann was Member of the Landtag...
The second Weil cabinet was the state government of Lower Saxony between 2017 and 2022, sworn in on 22 November 2017 after StephanWeil was elected as...
February 2013. "Bürgermeister Strauch gratuliert StephanWeil" [Mayor Strauch congratulates StephanWeil] (in German). City of Hanover. 19 February 2013...
leader of his party in Lower Saxony from 2010 to 2012. Minister-President StephanWeil of Lower Saxony appointed Lies to the position of State Minister for...
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