Walter Momper facts for kids

Walter Momper
Walter Momper
	Momper in 2014
Governing Mayor of Berlin; (West Berlin to 3 October 1990)
	In office; 16 March 1989 – 24 January 1991
Deputy	Ingrid Stahmer
Preceded by	Eberhard Diepgen
Succeeded by	Eberhard Diepgen; (Unified Berlin)
President of the Abgeordnetenhaus of Berlin
	In office; 19 November 2001 – 27 October 2011
Preceded by	Reinhard Führer
Succeeded by	Ralf Wieland
Member of the Abgeordnetenhaus of Berlin
	In office; 2 March 1975 – 18 September 2011
Constituency	Social Democratic Party List
Personal details
Born	21 February 1945 (age 75); Sulingen, Lower Saxony, Nazi Germany
Political party	Social Democratic Party

Walter Momper (born 21 February 1945) is a German politician. He was the Governing Mayor of Berlin (West Berlin 1989–1990, reunited Berlin 1990–1991). He was President of the Bundesrat in 1989/90. He was at the opening of the Brandenburg Gate on 22 December 1989 and, on 3 October 1990, became the first mayor of a reunited Berlin.

Images for kids

Momper standing alongside West German Chancellor Helmut Kohl (at the microphone), East German Premier Hans Modrow (left) in the official opening of the Brandenburg Gate, 1989