Ralf Christoffers
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Ralf Christoffers | |
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| Minister of Economic Affairs and European Affairs of Brandenburg | |
| In office 2009–2014 | |
| Member of the Landtag of Brandenburg | |
| In office 1994–2019 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | October 8, 1956 |
| Party | PDS (pre-2007) Die Linke (2007-present) |
Ralf Christoffers (born October 8, 1956) is a German politician who served in the Landtag of Brandenburg from 1994 to 2019 and as Minister of Economic Affairs and European Affairs of Brandenburg in the Cabinet of Ministers-President Matthias Platzeck and Dietmar Woidke from 2009 to 2014.
Christoffers was enrolled in vocational training as a shipbuilder and locksmith from 1973 to 1981. He later studied social science at the Parteihochschule Karl Marx, the party school of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany, and worked as a philosophy lecturer at the Free German Youth-administered Wilhelm Pieck youth academy in Bogensee until 1990. From 1991 to 1994 he served as a research associate in the PDS Group of the Landtag of Brandenburg.[1]
Early political career
Christoffers joined the Party of Democratic Socialism (PDS) in 1990 and remained a member of the party until 2007, when PDS, which was renamed The Left Party. PDS in 2005, merged with the Electoral Alternative for Labor and Social Justice (WASG) to form a new party, The Left (Die Linke). From October 1994 to 2019, he served as a member of the Landtag (State Parliament) of Brandenburg.
