Klaus Wowereit

Klaus Wowereit
Wowereit in 2009
Governing Mayor of Berlin
In office 16 June 2001 – 11 December 2014
Mayor	Wolfgang Wieland Klaus Böger Gregor Gysi Karin Schubert Harald Wolf Ingeborg Junge-Reyer Frank Henkel Michael Müller
Preceded by	Eberhard Diepgen
Succeeded by	Michael Müller
President of the Bundesrat
In office 1 November 2001 – 31 October 2002
First Vice President	Kurt Beck
Preceded by	Kurt Beck
Succeeded by	Wolfgang Böhmer
Deputy Leader of the Social Democratic Party
In office 12 November 2009 – 14 November 2013 Serving with Hannelore Kraft, Manuela Schwesig, Olaf Scholz
Leader	Sigmar Gabriel
Preceded by	Andrea Nahles
Succeeded by	Ralf Stegner
Leader of the Social Democratic Party in the Abgeordnetenhaus of Berlin
In office 10 October 1999 – 16 June 2001
Deputy	Hermann Borghorst Kirsten Flesch Christian Gaebler Irana Rusta
Preceded by	Klaus Böger
Succeeded by	Michael Müller
Parliamentary constituencies Member of the Abgeordnetenhaus of Berlin In office 26 October 2006 – 27 October 2011 Preceded by Peter Kurth Succeeded by Claudio Jupe Constituency Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf 5 In office 30 November 1995 – 26 October 2006 Preceded by multi-member district Succeeded by multi-member district Constituency Tempelhof-Schöneberg
Personal details
Born	(1953-10-01) 1 October 1953 (age 71) Tempelhof, West Berlin, West Germany (now Germany)
Political party	Social Democratic Party of Germany (1972–)
Domestic partner	Jörn Kubicki (1993–2020)
Residence	Berlin
Alma mater	Free University of Berlin
Occupation	Politician Jurist Civil Servant
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Website	Official Website

Klaus Wowereit (born 1 October 1953) is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) and was the Governing Mayor of Berlin from 21 October 2001 to 11 December 2014. In 2001 state elections his party won a plurality of the votes, 29.7%. He served as President of the Bundesrat (the fourth highest office in Germany) in 2001/02. His SPD-led coalition was re-elected in the 2006 elections; after the 2011 elections the SPD's coalition partner changed from the Left to the Christian Democratic Union. He was also sometimes mentioned as a possible SPD candidate for the Chancellorship of Germany (Kanzlerkandidatur),^[1] but that never materialized.