Christoph Bergner
Bergner in 2014
Minister-President of Saxony-Anhalt
In office
2 December 1993 – 22 July 1994
DeputyWolfgang Rauls
Preceded byWerner Münch
Succeeded byReinhard Höppner
Parliamentary State Secretary
in the Ministry of the Interior
In office
28 October 2009 – 17 December 2013
ChancellorAngela Merkel
MinisterThomas de Maizière
Hans-Peter Friedrich
Preceded byFritz Rudolf Körper
Succeeded byGünter Krings
Leader of the Christian Democratic Union in the Landtag of Saxony-Anhalt
In office
21 July 1994 – July 2001
Preceded byJürgen Scharf
Succeeded byWolfgang Böhmer
In office
November 1991 – 2 December 1993
Preceded byJoachim Auer
Succeeded byJürgen Scharf
Parliamentary constituencies
Member of the Bundestag
for Saxony-Anhalt
In office
22 October 2013 – 24 October 2017
Preceded byPetra Sitte
Succeeded byChristoph Bernstiel
ConstituencyHalle
In office
17 October 2002 – 22 October 2013
Preceded bymulti-member district
Succeeded bymulti-member district
ConstituencyChristian Democratic Union Party List
Member of the
Landtag of Saxony-Anhalt
In office
25 May 1998 – 16 May 2002
Preceded bymulti-member district
Succeeded bymulti-member district
ConstituencyChristian Democratic Union Party List
In office
28 October 1990 – 25 May 1998
Preceded byConstituency established
Succeeded byThomas Felke
ConstituencyHalle II
Personal details
Born
Christoph Georg Bergner

(1948-11-24)24 November 1948
Zwickau, Saxony, Soviet occupation zone (now Germany)
Political partyChristian Democratic Union (1990–)
Other political
affiliations		Christian Democratic Union (East Germany) (1971–1990)
Children3
ResidenceHalle
Alma materUniversity of Jena
Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg (Dr. agr.)
Occupation
  • Politician
  • Assistant Professor
  • Cattle Breeder

Christoph Bergner (born 24 November 1948) is a German politician and member of the conservative CDU. Bergner was the 3rd Minister President of Saxony-Anhalt from 1993 until 1994.

Life and political career

Christoph Bergner was born in Zwickau, Sachsen. After finishing his agronomy studies in 1971, he earned a doctorate and worked as a research associate at the Institut für Biochemie der Pflanzen der Akademie der Wissenschaften der DDR from 1974 until 1990.

Bergner was Minister-President of Saxony-Anhalt from 1993 until 1994. Since 2002, he has been a member of the Bundestag; since 2005, a secretary of state in the Federal Ministry of the Interior (Germany); since 2006, he is Federal commissioner for national minorities (German: Beauftragter der Bundesregierung für Aussiedlerfragen und nationale Minderheiten).

Christoph Bergner is a member of the Protestant church and has a critical estimation of Communism.[1] He is married with three children.

See also

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References

  1. ↑ "Das Parlament, Nr. 4 2011, 24.1.2011 - »Eine blutige Geschichte«". Archived from the original on 2 February 2011. Retrieved 29 January 2011.
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