Education
Dresden University of Technology.
editor mathematician politician
Dresden University of Technology.
And writer He became the 4th Minister-President of Saxony-Anhalt in July 1994 when, his Social Democratic Party of Germany (party) having failed to secure an outright majority, entered into a minority governing coalition with the Green party. This was controversial at the time because most had expected that the Social Democratic Party of Germany, if denied an overall majority, would govern in coalition with the PDS, successor to the old East German ruling party: together the Social Democratic Party of Germany and PDS would have had an overall majority. The so-called Magdeburg model for a minority Social Democratic Party of Germany/Green coalition that excluded the PDS but nevertheless was tolerated (not voted down) by them was subsequently followed in other regional assemblies.
Höppner remained in office until May 16, 2002, when he was succeeded by Wolfgang Böhmer.
Social Democratic Party in the German Democratic Republic, Social Democratic Party of Germany.
In 1990, in the first (and last) free election in the assembly"s history, he was elected a member of the East German People"s Chamber (Volkskammer), becoming the assembly"s vice president