Grant Hendrik Tonne
{{Short description|Lower Saxony Minister for Education}}
{{BLP sources|date=October 2021}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2021}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| image = Tonne, Grant Hendrik.jpg
| caption = Tonne in 2018
| office1 = Lower Saxony Minister for Education
| term_start1 = 22 November 2017
| term_end1 =
| predecessor1 = Frauke Heiligenstadt
| successor1 =
| office2 = Landtag of Lower Saxony
| term_start2 = 23 April 2020
| term_end2 =
| predecessor2 = Dirk Adomat
| successor2 =
| party = Social Democratic Party
| birth_name =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1976|6|22|df=y}}
| birth_place = Bad Oeynhausen, West Germany
| alma_mater = University of Bremen
| residence =
| children = 4
| website = {{URL|ghtonne.de}}
| signature = Grant Hendrik Tonne Signature.svg
}}
Grant Hendrik Tonne (born 22 June 1976) is a German politician who became Minister for Education for Lower Saxony in 2017. Since 2020 he has been a member of the Landtag of Lower Saxony.{{cite web |title=Grant Hendrik Tonne |url=https://www.landtag-niedersachsen.de/abgeordnete-und-fraktionen/abgeordnete/details/grant-hendrik-tonne/ |website=Landtag Niedersachsen |access-date=23 October 2021 |language=de}}
Tonne has been one of the state's representatives on the German Bundesrat since 2017.{{cite web |title=Grant Hendrik Tonne |url=https://www.bundesrat.de/SharedDocs/personen/DE/laender/ni/tonne-grant-hendrik.html |website=Bundesrat |access-date=23 October 2021 |language=de}} He is a member of the German-Polish Friendship Group set up in cooperation with the Senate of Poland.
Early life and education
Tonne was born in Bad Oeynhausen on 22 June 1976 and grew up in Leese.
After finishing his Abitur at the Städtisches Gymnasium Petershagen in 1995, he studied law at the University of Bremen until 2000, when he finished his first Staatsexam. In 2007, Tonne finished his second Staatsexam at the Higher Regional Court of Celle.{{cite web |title=Der Niedersächsische Kultusminister Grant Hendrik Tonne |url=https://www.mk.niedersachsen.de/startseite/der_minister/der-niedersaechsische-kultusminister-grant-hendrik-tonne-6049.html |website=Niedersachsen |access-date=23 October 2021 |language=de}}
Political career
Tonne joined the Jusos in 1996.{{cite web |title=Grant Hendrik Tonne politisch... |url=https://ghtonne.de/politisch |website=ghtonne.de |access-date=31 January 2022}}{{cite news |last1=Dannowski |first1=Christoph |title=Darum träumt Kultusminister Tonne vom Marathon |url=https://www.neuepresse.de/Hannover/Leben-in-Hannover/Hannover-Niedersachsens-Kultusminister-Tonnt-traeumt-vom-Marathon |access-date=31 January 2022 |agency=RedaktionsNetzwerk Deutschland |publisher=Neue Presse |date=7 December 2021 |language=de}}
From 2006 until 2018, Tonne served as Mayor of Leese and was succeeded by Henning Olthage.{{cite web |title=Henning Olthage ist seit dem 26. Juni neuer Bürgermeister in Leese |url=https://www.sg-mittelweser.de/portal/meldungen/henning-olthage-ist-seit-dem-26-juni-neuer-buergermeister-in-leese-907010673-21550.html?rubrik=7000006 |website=Samtgemeinde Mittelweser | date=5 August 2018 |access-date=31 January 2022 |language=de}}
= State Minister of Education, 2017–present =
After the Lower Saxony state elections in 2017, Tonne was sworn in as State Minister of Education at the constituent session of the 18th State Parliament of Lower Saxony on 22 November 2017.{{cite news |last1=Döhner |first1=Saskia |title=Grant Hendrik Tonne hat ersten Auftritt |url=https://www.haz.de/Nachrichten/Der-Norden/Uebersicht/Niedersachsens-Kultusminister-Grant-Hendrik-Tonne-hat-seinen-ersten-oeffentlichen-Auftritt |access-date=31 January 2022 |agency=Madsack Media Group |publisher=Hannoversche Allgemeine Zeitung |date=27 November 2017 |language=de}}{{cite news |title=Stephan Weil bleibt Ministerpräsident in Niedersachsen |url=https://www.sueddeutsche.de/politik/landtagswahl-stephan-weil-bleibt-ministerpraesident-in-niedersachsen-1.3760712 |access-date=31 January 2022 |agency=Südwestdeutsche Medien Holding |publisher=Süddeutsche Zeitung |date=22 November 2017 |language=de}}
Personal life
Tonne is married to Monika Tonne-Herrmann, whom he has four children with.{{cite web |title=Grant Hendrik Tonne persönlich... |url=https://ghtonne.de/privat |website=ghtonne.de |access-date=31 January 2022}}
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Category:21st-century German politicians
Category:Social Democratic Party of Germany politicians
Category:Members of the Landtag of Lower Saxony
Category:University of Bremen alumni
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