Christoph Zöpel

Christoph Zöpel (born July 4, 1943) is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) and professor.

[1] From 1969 to 1972, Zöpel was a councillor for the city of Bochum, and from 1972 to 1990 a member of the state parliament of North Rhine-Westphalia.

After the 1980 state parliamentary elections, he was appointed Minister for Regional and Urban Development on June 4, 1980.

[4] After the 1985 state parliamentary elections, his departmental responsibilities were expanded so that he was Minister for Urban Development, Housing and Transport from June 5, 1985.

[8] As Minister for Urban Development, Housing and Transport in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, he initiated the IBA Emscher Park in the 1980s,[9] which was finally realized between 1989 and 1999 under the direction of Karl Ganser.

Prof. Dr. Christoph Zöpel, German politician and honorary professor at the University of Dortmund, at the opening of the Emscherkunst 2010 in Herne