Holger Poppenhäger

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Holger Poppenhäger, born April 3, 1957 in Kassel, is a German jurist and politician of the SPD. Since November 2009, he has been the Cabinet Minister of Justice of Thuringia.

Political Career

He was SPD regional chairman in Erfurt from 2006 to 2012. He was elected on 7 June 2009 in the municipal elections of Thuringia as a councillor in Erfurt. A simultaneous candidacy for the European Parliament failed. Since 2010 he has been a member of the Committee of the Regions of the European Union.


Education

1976-1984 Studied Law at Giessen; 1985-1987 clerkship in Frankfurt and Giessen; 1989-1994 Research Fellow and Head of the Federal Statistical Office in Wiesbaden.

External Links

Official Website of the German Bundesrat

Official Website of Holger Poppenhäger