Kurt Beck

Kurt Beck
Kurt Beck
	Beck in 2011
Leader of the Social Democratic Party
	In office; 10 April 2006 – 7 September 2008
General Secretary	Hubertus Heil
Deputy	Frank-Walter Steinmeier; Andrea Nahles; Peer Steinbrück; Bärbel Dieckmann
Preceded by	Matthias Platzeck
Succeeded by	Frank-Walter Steinmeier (acting)
Minister-President of Rhineland-Palatinate
	In office; 26 October 1994 – 15 January 2013
Deputy	Rainer Brüderle; Peter Caesar; Hans-Artur Bauckhage; Jürgen Zöllner; Karl Peter Bruch; Eveline Lemke;
Preceded by	Rudolf Scharping
Succeeded by	Malu Dreyer
President of the Bundesrat
	In office; 1 November 2000 – 31 October 2001
First Vice President	Kurt Biedenkopf
Preceded by	Kurt Biedenkopf
Succeeded by	Klaus Wowereit
Preceded by
Parliamentary constituencies
Member of the; Landtag of Rhineland-Palatinate
	In office; 21 May 1991 – 5 February 2013
Preceded by	Constituency established
Succeeded by	Alexander Schweitzer
Constituency	Südliche Weinstraße
	In office; 18 May 1979 – 21 May 1991
Preceded by	multi-member district
Succeeded by	Constituency abolished
Constituency	Wahlkreis 4
Personal details
Born	5 February 1949 (age 75); Bad Bergzabern, French occupation zone, Allied-occupied Germany {(now Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany)
Political party	Social Democratic Party (1972–)
Occupation	Politician; Radio Engineer; Consultant;
Military service
Allegiance	Germany
Branch/service	Bundeswehr
Years of service	1968–1969
Unit	Army (Heer)

Kurt Beck (born 5 February 1949) is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD), who served as the 7th Minister President of Rhineland-Palatinate from 1994 to 2013 and as the 55th President of the Bundesrat in 2000–01. In May 2006, he succeeded Matthias Platzeck as chairman of the German Social Democratic Party (SPD). He resigned from that post in September 2008.

On 28 September 2012 Beck announced his resignation from the post of minister-president. He was succeeded by social minister Malu Dreyer.^[1]^[2]

Following Peter Struck's death in 2012, Beck – together with Dieter Schulte – became the chair of the Friedrich Ebert Foundation; he served until 2020, when he was replaced with Martin Schulz.^[3]^[4]