Bärbel Nehring-Kleedehn or Bärbel Kleedehn (29 July 1952 – 28 April 2022) was a German politician from the CDU party.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]

Kleedehn in 1968

Early life and education

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Kleedehn was born on 29 July 1952 in Schwerin in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. She studied chemistry, French and Russian at the University of Greifswald and has a diploma in economics from the Handelshochschule Leipzig.[1]

Career

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She was elected as a member of the Landtag of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, the state parliament, in the 1994 state election.[1] She was the Finance Minister of the state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern from 1990 to 1996, and Minister for Construction, Regional Development and the Environment of the same state from 1996 to 1998.[1][4]

After leaving politics she was president of the Mecklenburg-Vorpommern section of the German Red Cross (DRK: Deutsches Rotes Kreuz) from 1998 to 2002.[5]

Personal life

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She was married with three children, and died on 28 April 2022.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e "Landtag MV – Kleedehn, Bärbel". www.landtag-mv.de. Retrieved 30 November 2022.
  2. ^ "Erste MV-Finanzministerin Nehring-Kleedehn gestorben". n-tv.de (in German). 2 May 2022. Retrieved 30 November 2022.
  3. ^ Otto, Annett (17 April 1996). "Bärbel Kleedehn – eine Finanzministerin unter Druck". Berliner Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 30 November 2022.
  4. ^ a b Ragwitz, Max (30 June 2015). "25 Jahre MV – 25 Köpfe: Für Überzeugungen streiten – Bärbel Nehring-Kleedehn" (in German). Retrieved 30 November 2022.
  5. ^ a b "MVs erste Finanzministerin Bärbel Nehring-Kleedehn gestorben". www.nordkurier.de (in German). 2 May 2022. Retrieved 30 November 2022.
  6. ^ Haddon, Sven (2 May 2022). "Mecklenburg-Vorpommern: Ex-Finanzministerin Kleedehn gestorben". bild.de (in German). Retrieved 30 November 2022.
  7. ^ "Bärbel Kleedehn". Munzinger Online/Personen – Internationales Biographisches Archiv. Retrieved 30 November 2022.