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German politician
Christoph Matschie
Member of the Bundestag
In office
20172021
Member of the Bundestag
In office
1990–2004
Personal details
Born (1961-07-15) 15 July 1961 (age 63)
Mühlhausen, Bezirk Erfurt, East Germany
(now Germany)
CitizenshipGerman
Political partySocial Democratic Party (SPD)
Children2
Alma mater

Christoph Matschie (born 15 July 1961 in Mühlhausen) is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) who served as Deputy Minister-President of Thuringia between 2009 and 2014. He was also a member of the Bundestag from 1999 to 2004 and from 2017 to 2021.

Early life and career

Matschie grew up in East Germany. From 1984 to 1989 he studied Theology at the University of Rostock and the University of Jena and earned a diploma.

Political career

Matschie joined the newly founded Social Democratic Party of East Germany in October 1989. Following the German reunification Matschie became a member of the SPD.

Member of Parliament, 1990–2004

Matschie was a member of the Bundestag from 1990 to 2004. During the legislative period from 1998 to 2002 he was a member of the federal executive board of his party's group in the Bundestag. From 1998 until 2002, he chaired the Committee on the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety. Following the 2002 elections, he joined the government of Chancellor Gerhard Schröder as Parliamentary State Secretary at the Federal Ministry for Education and Research, under the leadership of Minister Edelgard Bulmahn.

Career in state politics, 1999–2017

Matschie served as chairman of the SPD in Thuringia from 1999 until 2014. He co-chaired the SPD’s national conventions in Bochum (2003), Berlin (2004) and Hamburg (2007).

Matschie was his party's candidate for Minister-President at the State elections of 2004 and 2009. The SPD remained third strongest party in the state, but managed to form a coalition government with the Christian Democratic Union in 2009. Matschie became State Minister for Education, Youth and Sport as well as Deputy Minister-President in the government of Minister-President Christine Lieberknecht.

In the negotiations to form a Grand Coalition of Chancellor Angela Merkel's Christian Democrats and the SPD following the 2013 federal elections, Matschie was part of the SPD delegation in the working group on education and research policy, led by Johanna Wanka and Doris Ahnen.

In the Landtag of Thuringia, Matschie later served on the Budget and Finance Committee.

Member of Parliament, 2017–2021

Matschie was re-elected to the Bundestag in the 2017 elections. He served on the Committee on Foreign Affairs and its Sub-Committee on the United Nations.

In September 2020, Matschie announced that he would not stand in the 2021 federal elections but instead resign from active politics by the end of the parliamentary term.

Other activities

Personal life

From 1997 until 2010, Matschie was married to Ethiopian-born political scientist and aid worker Mitslal Kifleyesus. They have two children.

References

  1. Protokoll des ordentlichen Bundesparteitages 2003, Bochum Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD).
  2. Protokoll des außerordentlichen Bundesparteitages 2004, Berlin Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD).
  3. Protokoll des ordentlichen Bundesparteitages 2007, Hamburg Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD).
  4. Abschied von politischer Bühne SPD-Politiker Christoph Matschie kandidiert nicht mehr für Bundestag Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk, September 11, 2020.
  5. Members Friedrich Ebert Foundation (FES).
  6. 2015 Annual Report Helaba.
  7. Martin Debes (January 27, 2011), Matschie trennt sich nach 13 Jahren Ehe von seiner Frau Thüringer Allgemeine.

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