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Matthias Platzeck

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Matthias Platzeck (born 29 December 1953) is a German politician. He was Minister President of Brandenburg from 2002 to 2013 and party chairman of the SPD from November 2005 to April 2006. On 29 July 2013, Platzeck announced his resignation from his office in August for health reasons. After he left party politics, he became known for his contacts to Russia and, in the aftermath of the Russian invasion of Ukraine 2014 , he was repeatedly criticized for his Pro-Russian statements. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Matthias Platzeck is the 16,432nd most popular politician (down from 16,250th in 2019), the 5,321st most popular biography from Germany (down from 5,307th in 2019) and the 1,256th most popular German Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Matthias Platzeck ranks 16,432 out of 19,576. Before him are Eric Williams, Patrick Achi, Maria do Carmo Silveira, Joseph Lyons, Eanfrith of Bernicia, and Laurent Nkunda. After him are Froyla Tzalam, David Owen, Alexei Kudrin, Sinan Oğan, Arthur Whitten Brown, and Ilkka Kanerva.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1953, Matthias Platzeck ranks 446. Before him are Alister McGrath, Bernard Tchoullouyan, Paweł Janas, Yekta Uzunoglu, Lucinda Williams, and Peter Garrett. After him are Stanislava Staša Zajović, Christian Lopez, Dina Rubina, M. K. Stalin, Stuart Baxter, and Bernt Johansson.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Matthias Platzeck ranks 5,324 out of 7,253. Before him are Doris Maletzki (1952), Christina Heinich (1949), Fritz Fromm (1913), Mille Petrozza (1967), Dennis Gansel (1973), and Gustav-Adolf Schur (1931). After him are Neo Rauch (1960), Gert Heidler (1948), Andreas Kupfer (1914), Jürgen Hingsen (1958), Marion Becker (1950), and Harry Voigt (1913).

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Among POLITICIANS In Germany

Among politicians born in Germany, Matthias Platzeck ranks 1,256. Before him are Volker Bouffier (1951), Erwin Huber (1943), Heiko Maas (1966), Max Streibl (1932), Peter Struck (1943), and Georg Leber (1920). After him are Ole von Beust (1955), Isabell Werth (1969), Dietmar Woidke (1961), Jürgen Trittin (1954), Lars Klingbeil (1978), and Ernst Benda (1925).

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