Grant Hendrik Tonne

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Grant Hendrik Tonne
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Tonne in 2018
Lower Saxony Minister for Education
Assumed office
22 November 2017
Preceded byFrauke Heiligenstadt
Landtag of Lower Saxony
Assumed office
23 April 2020
Preceded byDirk Adomat
Personal details
Born (1976-06-22) 22 June 1976 (age 47)
Bad Oeynhausen, West Germany
Political partySocial Democratic Party
Children4
Alma materUniversity of Bremen
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Websiteghtonne.de

Grant Hendrik Tonne (born 22 June 1976) is a German politician who became Minister for Education for Lower Saxony in 2017. Since 2020 he has been a member of the Landtag of Lower Saxony.[1]

Tonne has been one of the state's representatives on the German Bundesrat since 2017.[2] He is a member of the German-Polish Friendship Group set up in cooperation with the Senate of Poland.

Early life and education[edit]

Tonne was born in Bad Oeynhausen on 22 June 1976 and grew up in Leese.

After finishing his Abitur at the Städtisches Gymnasium Petershagen in 1995, he studied law at the University of Bremen until 2000, when he finished his first Staatsexam. In 2007, Tonne finished his second Staatsexam at the Higher Regional Court of Celle.[3]

Political career[edit]

Tonne joined the Jusos in 1996.[4][5]

From 2006 until 2018, Tonne served as Mayor of Leese and was succeeded by Henning Olthage.[6]

State Minister of Education, 2017–present[edit]

After the Lower Saxony state elections in 2017, Tonne was sworn in as State Minister of Education at the constituent session of the 18th State Parliament of Lower Saxony on 22 November 2017.[7][8]

Personal life[edit]

Tonne is married to Monika Tonne-Herrmann, whom he has four children with.[9]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Grant Hendrik Tonne". Landtag Niedersachsen (in German). Retrieved 23 October 2021.
  2. ^ "Grant Hendrik Tonne". Bundesrat (in German). Retrieved 23 October 2021.
  3. ^ "Der Niedersächsische Kultusminister Grant Hendrik Tonne". Niedersachsen (in German). Retrieved 23 October 2021.
  4. ^ "Grant Hendrik Tonne politisch..." ghtonne.de. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
  5. ^ Dannowski, Christoph (7 December 2021). "Darum träumt Kultusminister Tonne vom Marathon" (in German). Neue Presse. RedaktionsNetzwerk Deutschland. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
  6. ^ "Henning Olthage ist seit dem 26. Juni neuer Bürgermeister in Leese". Samtgemeinde Mittelweser (in German). 5 August 2018. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
  7. ^ Döhner, Saskia (27 November 2017). "Grant Hendrik Tonne hat ersten Auftritt" (in German). Hannoversche Allgemeine Zeitung. Madsack Media Group. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
  8. ^ "Stephan Weil bleibt Ministerpräsident in Niedersachsen" (in German). Süddeutsche Zeitung. Südwestdeutsche Medien Holding. 22 November 2017. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
  9. ^ "Grant Hendrik Tonne persönlich..." ghtonne.de. Retrieved 31 January 2022.


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