Andrea Ypsilanti
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| Born | April 8, 1957 Rüsselsheim, Hesse |
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| Nationality |  Germany |
| Political party | Social Democratic Party |
| Alma mater | University of Frankfurt |
Andrea Ypsilanti (née Andrea Dill, 8 April 1957 in Rüsselsheim) is a German politician.
[edit] Political career
Ypsilanti is a member of the Hessian parliament and has been head of the Hesse state SPD since March of 2003.
In the Hesse state elections of 2008, she was the SPD's candidate for the position of minister-president of Hesse. In the election her party received 36.7 per cent of the votes cast, 0.1 per cent less than the CDU, which has been ruling the state since 1999. Thus, the Hesse SPD came in second in this election, gaining the same number of representatives in the Hesse state parliament as the CDU. Overall, the public vote led to a deadlock in the state parliament, because neither the CDU and FDP nor the SPD and Greens had enough votes for a majority coalition. Ypsilanti ultimately decided to cooperate with the Left Party in order to be elected minister-president, but had to abandon the plan because at least one of her own delegates opposed the idea. Before the election Ypsilanti had promised on many occasions to never work together with the Left Party under any circumstance.
[edit] Personal life
Ypsilanti grew up in Rüsselsheim as the daughter of an Opel worker. After finishing school she worked as a secretary and then as a flight attendant for Lufthansa.
From 1986 until 1992 she studied sociology, political science and education in Frankfurt.
After her divorce in 1992 she kept her Greek husband's last name Ypsilanti. She lives with her partner in Frankfurt.
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