Harald Terpe

Harald Terpe is a German politician of the Alliance 90/The Greens. After 12 years in the Bundestag, he is currently working in the Landtag of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.

Biography

Early life and education Terpe was born on 17 July 1954 in Greifswald, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, then East Germany. After attending school from 1961 to 1973, he passed his Abitur and served in the Bundeswehr until 1976. He then studied medicine in Rostock from 1976 to 1982, graduating with a degree in medicine and getting a Staatsexamen. From 1982 to 1987, Terpe did a specialist training in pathology at the Institute of Pathology at the University of Rostock, where he got his doctorate. From 1998 on, he worked there as a senior physician. He is a member of the German Red Cross and the . In the 1990's he was a member of the latter's executive board.

Political Work Terpe joined the New Forum, a pro-democracy political movement of East Germany, in 1989 during the months leading to the Fall of the inner German border. During that time, big parts of the New Forum joined the Alliance 90, which itself then became today's Green Party, the Alliance 90/The Greens, in 1993.

He was a member of the Bundestag from 2005 to 2017, by winning a seat in the 16th, 17th and 18th election through the state list (e. g. not by winning a constituency).

Private Life Terpe is married and has six children. He is non-denominational.