What is Manfred Stolpe?
[[Image:2015-12 Manfred Stolpe SPD Bundesparteitag by Olaf Kosinsky-5.jpg|thumb|Manfred Stolpe]] '''Manfred Stolpe''' (16 May 1936 &ndash; 29 December 2019) was a German politician. He was Federal Minister of Transport, Building and Housing of the Federal Republic of [[Germany]] from 2002 until 2005. From 1990 until 2002, he was Minister President of [[Brandenburg]]. Stolpe was born in [[Stettin]] ([[Szczecin]]). Stolpe was diagnosed with [[colon cancer|colon]] and [[male breast cancer]] in 2009.<ref>[http://www.zeit.de/politik/2011-07/portrait-manfred-stolpe/komplettansicht ''Manfred Stolpe: In der Pflicht der deutsch-deutschen Geschichte'']; Artikel in der [[Die Zeit|Zeit]] vom 16. Juli 2011. „Die Stasi und er hatten schon immer eine verdächtige Beziehung. Nun muss Manfred Stolpe wieder damit umgehen, im Zentrum einer heftigen Debatte zu stehen.“ {{in lang|de}}</ref> He died on 29 December 2019 in [[Potsdam]] of [[liver cancer]] at the age of 83.<ref>[https://www.focus.de/politik/deutschland/im-alter-von-83-jahren-gestorben-spd-politiker-manfred-stolpe-ist-tot_id_11504231.html SPD-Politiker Manfred Stolpe ist tot] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191230110823/https://www.focus.de/politik/deutschland/im-alter-von-83-jahren-gestorben-spd-politiker-manfred-stolpe-ist-tot_id_11504231.html |date=2019-12-30 }} {{in lang|de}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== * http://www.manfred-stolpe.de/ {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120330081620/http://manfred-stolpe.de/ |date=2012-03-30 }} {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Stolpe, Manfred}} [[Category:1936 births]] [[Category:2019 deaths]] [[Category:Politicians of the Social Democratic Party of Germany]] [[Category:Cancer deaths in Germany]] [[Category:Politicians from Brandenburg]] [[Category:Politicians from Szczecin]] [[Category:German Lutherans]] [[Category:Transport ministers of Germany]]