Barbara Rinke

Barbara Rinke
Barbara Rinke in 2009
Born	8 January 1947 Nordhausen, Thuringia, Germany
Nationality	German
Occupation	politician

Barbara Rinke (born 8 January 1947) is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party. She was born in Nordhausen, Thuringia, and was Bürgermeister of that city from 1994 to 2012. From 2003 to 2009, she was the praeses of the synod of the Evangelical Church in Germany (EKD).^[1]

Honors

• 2005: Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (Officer's Cross, or Merit Cross 1st Class)

References

1. ↑ "Oberbürgermeisterin Barbara Rinke" [Mayor Barbara Rinke]. Evangelical Church of Germany (in German). Retrieved 5 October 2013. 

External links

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Presidents of the German Evangelical Church Assembly
Reinold von Thadden (1949–1964) Richard von Weizsäcker (1964–1970) Gertrud Osterloh (1970–1971) Heinz Zahrnt (1971–1973) Kurt Sontheimer (1973–1975) Helmut Simon (judge) (1975–1977) Klaus von Bismarck (1977–1979) Richard von Weizsäcker (1979–1981) Erhard Eppler (1981–1983) Wolfgang Huber (1983–1985) Eleonore von Rotenhan (1985–1987) Helmut Simon (judge) (1987–1989) Erhard Eppler (1989–1991) Erika Reihlen (1991–1993) Ernst Benda (1993–1995) Rainer Meusel (1995–1997) Barbara Rinke (1997–1999) Martin Dolde (1999–2001) Elisabeth Raiser (2001–2003) Eckhard Nagel (2003–2005) Reinhard Höppner (2005–2007) Karin von Welck (2007–2009) Katrin Göring-Eckardt (2009–2011) Gerhard Robbers (since 2011)