Helmuth Markov
{{Short description|German politician (born 1952)}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Helmuth Markov
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| image = File:Helmuth Markov.jpg
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1952|06|05}}
| birth_place = Leipzig, German Democratic Republic
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|office1 = Minister of Justice of Brandenburg
|term_start1 = 2014
|term_end1 = 2016
|predecessor1 = {{ill|Volkmar Schöneburg|de}}
|successor1 = {{ill|Stefan Ludwig|de}}
|office2 = Minister of Finance of Brandenburg
|term_start2 = 2009
|term_end2 = 2014
|successor2 = Christian Görke
|predecessor2 = {{ill|Rainer Speer|de}}
|office3 = Member of the European Parliament
|term_start3 = 1999
|term_end3 = 2009
|office4 = Member of the Landtag of Brandenburg
|term_start4 = 1990
|term_end4 = 1999
| party = The Left (2007–)
Party of Democratic Socialism (1989–2007)
Socialist Unity Party of Germany (1973–1989)
| parents = Walter Markov
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| alma_mater = Kiev Polytechnic Institute
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Helmuth Markov (born 5 June 1952) is a German politician.
Life and education
Born in Leipzig, Markov is the son of the German Marxist historian Walter Markov. From 1970 to 1976, he studied engineering at the Kiev Polytechnic Institute, where he got his degree in engineering in 1976. In 1984, he became Doctor of Engineering. Since 25 March 2011, he has been one of four representatives from the state of Brandenburg on the supervisory board of Flughafen Berlin Brandenburg GmbH.{{cite news |first1=Daniel |last1=Delhaes |first2=Silke |last2=Kersting |title=Der Rat der Ahnungslosen |language=de |trans-title=The advice of the clueless |work=Handelsblatt |date=10 January 2013 |page=46}}
He is married and has three children.
Politics
{{See also|1999 European Parliament election in Germany|2004 European Parliament election in Germany}}
In 1973, Markov became a member of the SED and was from 1993 to 1995 Regional Chairman of the PDS in Brandenburg.
From 1990 until 1999, he was a Member of Brandenburg's Regional Assembly.
After the European elections in 1999, he became a Member of the European Parliament with the Party of Democratic Socialism (PDS). He was treasurer of the European United Left - Nordic Green Left and sat on the European Parliament's Committee on International Trade.
He was a substitute for the Committee on Transport and Tourism and a member of the Delegation to the EU-Ukraine Parliamentary Cooperation Committee.
From 2009 till 5 November 2014, Markov was the Minister of Finance and Deputy Prime Minister of Brandenburg, he was also the Politics of Brandenburg from 21 January 2014 till 22 April 2016.
References
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External links
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- [https://web.archive.org/web/20050410172714/http://www.europarl.eu.int/gue/tree/gstruct/en/members/markov.htm Profile at the EP group]
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- {{Declaration of financial interests of the 6th term|4303_14-07-2004.PDF|de}}
{{European Parliament MEPs, 1999-2004 (Germany) by party}}
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Category:Ministers of the Brandenburg State Government
Category:MEPs for Germany 1999–2004
Category:MEPs for Germany 2004–2009
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