Christoph Bergner

Christoph Bergner
File:MK28109 Christoph Bergner.jpg Bergner in 2014
Minister-President of Saxony-Anhalt
In office 2 December 1993 – 22 July 1994
Deputy	Wolfgang Rauls
Preceded by	Werner Münch
Succeeded by	Reinhard Höppner
Parliamentary State Secretary in the Ministry of the Interior
In office 28 October 2009 – 17 December 2013
Chancellor	Angela Merkel
Minister	Thomas de Maizière Hans-Peter Friedrich
Preceded by	Fritz Rudolf Körper
Succeeded by	Günter Krings
Leader of the Christian Democratic Union in the Landtag of Saxony-Anhalt
In office 21 July 1994 – July 2001
Preceded by	Jürgen Scharf
Succeeded by	Wolfgang Böhmer
In office November 1991 – 2 December 1993
Preceded by	Joachim Auer
Succeeded by	Jürgen Scharf
Parliamentary constituencies Member of the Bundestag for Saxony-Anhalt In office 22 October 2013 – 24 October 2017 Preceded by Petra Sitte Succeeded by Christoph Bernstiel Constituency Halle In office 17 October 2002 – 22 October 2013 Preceded by multi-member district Succeeded by multi-member district Constituency Christian Democratic Union Party List Member of the Landtag of Saxony-Anhalt In office 25 May 1998 – 16 May 2002 Preceded by multi-member district Succeeded by multi-member district Constituency Christian Democratic Union Party List In office 28 October 1990 – 25 May 1998 Preceded by Constituency established Succeeded by Thomas Felke Constituency Halle II
Personal details
Born	Christoph Georg Bergner (1948-11-24) 24 November 1948 Zwickau, Saxony, Soviet occupation zone (now Germany)
Party	Christian Democratic Union (1990–)
Other political affiliations	Christian Democratic Union (East Germany) (1971–1990)
Children	3
Residence	Halle
Alma mater	University of Jena Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg (Dr. agr.)
Occupation	Politician Assistant Professor Cattle Breeder

Christoph Bergner (born 24 November 1948) is a German politician and member of the conservative CDU. Bergner was the third Minister President of Saxony-Anhalt from 1993 until 1994.

Life and political career

Christoph Bergner was born in Zwickau, Sachsen. After finishing his agronomy studies in 1971, he earned a doctorate and worked as a research associate at the Institut für Biochemie der Pflanzen der Akademie der Wissenschaften der DDR from 1974 until 1990.

Bergner was Minister-President of Saxony-Anhalt from 1993 until 1994. Since 2002, he has been a member of the Bundestag; since 2005, a secretary of state in the Federal Ministry of the Interior (Germany); since 2006, he is Federal commissioner for national minorities (German: Beauftragter der Bundesregierung für Aussiedlerfragen und nationale Minderheiten).

Christoph Bergner is a member of the Protestant church and has a critical estimation of Communism. He is married with three children.

See also

• Federal Ministry of the Interior (Germany)
• Cabinet Merkel II
• Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities
• European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages
• Volga Germans
• Russian Mennonite
• Deutsche Nationalkreis Asowo
• Deutsche Nationalkreis Halbstadt

External links

• Official website (CDU)
• Parliament (Deutscher Bundestag) - biography
• Federal Ministry of the Interior (BMI) - biography