Klaus Wowereit

Klaus Wowereit , born on October 1st, 1953 with Berlin, is a German politician of center-left member of the social democrat Parti (SPD). He is since June 16th, 2001 mayor-governor of Berlin with the row of Minister-president.

Formation and profession

After having obtained in 1973 its Abitur in the Ulrich-von-Hutten-Oberschule of Berlin, Klaus Wowereit starts studies of Droit to the free Université of Berlin where it obtains in 1979 and in 1981 its diplomas of State in right. He was then adviser near the senator (minister) of the Interior of Berlin.

Franco-German relations

Since January 1st, 2007, Klaus Wowereit is plenipotentiary for the Franco-German cultural relations within the framework of the Traité of the Elysium, succeeding Peter Müller, the minister-president of the Saar. Its function is to account for, during four years, the sixteen Länder German for the cultural relations and educational with the France. Culture and education are in Germany mainly spring of Länder and not of the Federal state.

Private life

Klaus Wowereit is one of most famous German politicians to have openly indicated to be homosexual. It made its Coming out before the municipal elections of 2001, at the time of a meeting of the SPD. He pronounced a sentence become famous in Germany: I am homo, and it is as well like that (). After these words, there was a short silence of surprise, followed by applause and acclamations.

He became mayor of Berlin in 2001, the same year when in France the Socialist Bertrand Delanoë, also a politician having announced his homosexuality, was elected mayor of Paris.

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