Former member of the Bundestag and SPD politician Peter Dankert has died at the age of 82. The SPD mourns the loss of its party colleague.
Former Brandenburg member of the Bundestag Peter Dankert has died at the age of 82. This was announced by the SPD Brandenburg. The party mourns the loss of a high-profile, combative and hands-on comrade, federal and local politician and a fighter for social democratic values, it said.
“The news of Peter Dankert’s death hit me hard,” said SPD state chairman and Prime Minister Dietmar Woidke. “He was a political worker, legal expert, advisor and trusted friend. I will miss him. His death is a great loss for the SPD Brandenburg.”
Born in Berlin, Dankert initially worked as a lawyer before moving to Brandenburg and into politics in the 1990s. For a long time he was chairman and most recently honorary chairman of the SPD Dahme-Spreewald. In 1998 he was directly elected to the Bundestag in the Luckenwalde/Jüterbog/Zossen/Königs Wusterhausen constituency, of which he was a member until 2013. From 2005 to 2009 he was chairman of the sports committee.
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