Helmut Holter

Helmut Holter (born 22 May 1953 in Ludwigslust) is a German politician of the party The Left.

From April 2009 to September 2016 he was chairman of The Left parliamentary group in the Landtag of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.

Holter completed his schooling in Halle (Saale) in 1971 and studied Civil engineering in Moscow.

[1] From 1991 to 2001 Holter was State Chairman of the SED follow-up party PDS in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.

[2] After the resignation of Birgit Klaubert as Minister for Education, Youth and Sport in the state of Thuringia, Holter was officially named as her successor and sworn in on 17 August 2017.