Georg Milbradt

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Georg Milbradt (born 23 February 1945 in Eslohe) is a German politician (CDU). He has been the minister-president of the Free State of Saxony since 2002.

1 Life
2 Political career
3 Charity
4 External links
5 References

[edit] Life

Milbradt's family originally was from Wągrowiec (Wongrowitz) near Poznań (Posen) but ended up in Dortmund after the war, and he passed his Abitur there in 1964. From 1964-68, Milbradt studied economics, law, and mathematics at the University of Münster. He graduated with a degree in economics in 1968. From 1970-1980, he was scientific assistant at the institute for finance at the University of Münster, where he obtained his doctoral degree (Dr. rer. pol., summa cum laude) in 1973 and his habilitation in 1980. From 1980-1983, Milbradt worked as substitute professor of finance and political economics at the University of Mainz; since 1985 he holds the title of an (unsalaried) professor at the economics faculty in Münster.

Georg Milbradt is married to Angelika Meeth-Milbradt, a professor of economics, since 1975. They have two children.

Translation of the quote: It's not a coincidence, after all, that the sun rises in the east.

[edit] Political career

Milbradt has been a member of the CDU since 1973. He was head of the finance department of the city of Münster 1983-1990 and then Minister of Finance of Saxony from 1990 - January 2001, but was dismissed from office by the then minister-president Kurt Biedenkopf because Milbradt had started a debate about Biedenkopf's succession. However, on 18 April 2002, he was elected minister-president of Saxony despite Biedenkopf's explicit opposition. Milbradt first governed with an absolute CDU majority, but is in a coalition with the SPD since the state elections of 19 September 2004, in which the CDU lost a large amount of votes.

Milbradt has been member of the state board of the CDU since 1991 and became deputy chairman of the state CDU in 1999 and chairman in 2001. Since 1994, he has been a member of the Saxony state parliament.