Erwin Sellering

Erwin Sellering (2013)

Erwin Sellering, born on 18 October 1949 in Sprockhövel near Bochum and currently residing in Greifswald,[1][2] is the 4th Minister President of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern since 2008.

Early life and career

Sellering studied law and has lived in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern since 1994, where he worked at the courts of Schwerin and Greifswald.[1]

Political career

Being a member of the Social Democratic Party of Germany, he has been working for Mecklenburg-Vorpommern's government since 1998 - first as a state secretary, later as Minister for Justice, and since 2006 as Minister for Social Affairs.[1] In 2007, he became chairman of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern's Social Democratic Party.[1] In 2008, he succeeded Harald Ringstorff as Mecklenburg-Vorpommern's prime minister. He is also a member of the German-Russian Friendship Group set up by the German Bundesrat and the Russian Federation Council.

In the 2016 state elections, Sellering and his SPD garnered a better-than-forecast 30.6 percent. He had campaigned on local issues, urging voters to focus on jobs creation in the wind turbine sector, decentralize integration of refugees and pension parity with Germany's western regions.[3]

Since October 2016, Sellering has been chairing the Conference of Ministers-President.

Political positions

Sellering is known for being restrictive toward neo-Nazis and promotive toward families.[1]

Other activities

Personal life

Sellering is married and has two children.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 handelsblatt, 22.8.2008, "Der adrette Jurist"
  2. ↑ Erwin Sellering im Portrait at nachrichten.t-online, 24 August 2008
  3. ↑ Merkel's CDU trounced in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania Deutsche Welle, September 4, 2016.
  4. ↑ 2012 Annual Report KfW.
  5. ↑ 2015 Annual Report KfW.
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