What is Reinhard Höppner?
[[File:Reinhard.Hoeppner.1.jpg|thumb|Höppner in December 2008.]] '''Reinhard Höppner''' (2 December 1948 &ndash; 9 June 2014) was an [[East Germany|(East)]] [[Germany|German]] [[politician]], [[mathematician]], and [[writer]]. He was a member of the [[Social Democratic Party of Germany]] (SPD). He was Minister-President of [[Saxony-Anhalt]] from July 1994 until 16 May 2002. The role was taken by [[Wolfgang Böhmer]] after Höppner's term was over. Höppner was born in [[Haldensleben]], [[Saxony-Anhalt]], [[East Germany]]. He performed several leading positions in the [[Evangelical Church in Germany]].<ref>[http://www.kirchentag.de/reformationsjubilaeum-2017/organisation/leitungskreis.html www.kirchentag.de]{{Dead link|date=December 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> Höppner died from [[cancer]] on 9 June 2014 in [[Magdeburg]], Saxony-Anhalt, aged 65.<ref>{{cite news|first=Matthias|last=Meisner|url=http://www.tagesspiegel.de/politik/reinhard-hoeppner-ist-tot-er-hat-rueckgrat-gezeigt/10009668.html|title=SPD-Politiker Reinhard Höppner ist tot|language=German|newspaper=[[Der Tagesspiegel]]|date=10 June 2014|accessdate=11 June 2014}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} ==Other websites== {{Commons category}} * {{IMDb name|2986393}} {{Bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Hoppner, Reinhard}} [[Category:1948 births]] [[Category:2014 deaths]] [[Category:German Lutherans]] [[Category:German mathematicians]] [[Category:German writers]] [[Category:Members of the Volkskammer]] [[Category:Ministers-President of Germany]] [[Category:Politicians from Saxony-Anhalt]] [[Category:Politicians of the Social Democratic Party of Germany]]