Schwerin, 4 September 2016: After a fiercely contested election, it has become clear that sitting Premier of Mecklenburg-Vorpormmern, Erwin Sellering, has won the election. He is the leader of the Social Democrats (SPD) in that Bundesland, and has held the premiership since 2008.
The SPD has ruled the rural state on the Baltic coast with the Christian Democrats as junior coalition partners since 2006.
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern was the homeland of Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands’ consort, Prince Hendrik (Heinrich) of the Netherlands, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1876-1934).
For further information:
Information Bureau of Mecklenburg-Western Pommerania before the EU (Director Dr. Reinhard Boest): http://www.regierung-mv.de/Landesregierung/stk/Mecklenburg–Vorpommern-und-Europa/IB-Brüssel/
Premier Erwin Sellering: http://spd-mecklenburg-vorpommern.de/erwin-sellering/
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Photography by Agnes Rogowski.
