Kurt Beck

| 1namedata = Hubertus Heil | predecessor1 = Matthias Platzeck | successor1 = Frank-Walter Steinmeier (acting) | office2 = Minister-President of Rhineland-Palatinate | deputy2 = | term_start2 = 26 October 1994 | term_end2 = 15 January 2013 | predecessor2 = Rudolf Scharping | successor2 = Malu Dreyer |office3 = President of the Bundesrat |1blankname3 = |1namedata3 = Kurt Biedenkopf |term_start3 = 1 November 2000 |term_end3 = 31 October 2001 |predecessor3 = Kurt Biedenkopf |successor3 = Klaus Wowereit }} | birth_date = | birth_place = Bad Bergzabern, French occupation zone, Allied-occupied Germany {(now Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany) | death_date = | death_place = | party = Social Democratic Party (1972–) | relations = | residence = | alma_mater = | occupation = | signature = | website = | footnotes = | allegiance = | branch = ''Bundeswehr'' | serviceyears = 1968–1969 | unit = ''Army (Heer)'' }} Kurt Beck (born 5 February 1949) is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD), who served as the 7th Minister President of Rhineland-Palatinate from 1994 to 2013 and as the 55th President of the Bundesrat in 2000–01. In May 2006, he succeeded Matthias Platzeck as chairman of the German Social Democratic Party (SPD). He resigned from that post in September 2008.

On 28 September 2012 Beck announced his resignation from the post of minister-president. He was succeeded by social minister Malu Dreyer.

Following Peter Struck's death in 2012, Beck – together with Dieter Schulte – became the chair of the Friedrich Ebert Foundation; he served until 2020, when he was replaced with Martin Schulz. Provided by Wikipedia