Guido van den Berg (24 February 1975 – 2 May 2019) was a German politician for the Social Democratic Party (SPD). At the time of his death, he had been serving as a member of the Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia since 2012, and as deputy district administrator of Rhein-Erft-Kreis since 2014.[1] A member of the Rhein-Erft-Kreis district council (since 1999) and Bedburg's council (1999–2014), van den Berg was a member of the SPD from 1992 and held numerous positions in the party at district level.[2]
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Born in Grevenbroich, Rhein-Kreis Neuss, van den Berg studied economics and political science at the University of Cologne and the University of Duisburg-Essen. He was married and had two children.[2]
Van den Berg died of cancer[3] on 2 May 2019 in Grevenbroich, at the age of 44.[1][4]
References
edit- ^ a b "SPD-Chef Rhein-Erft Bedburger Landtagsabgeordneter van den Berg gestorben". Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger (in German). 3 May 2019. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
- ^ a b "Abgeordneter Guido van den Berg" (in German). Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia. Archived from the original on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
- ^ Vlaminck, Dennis (3 May 2019). ""Tiefster Respekt" SPD trauert um Guido van den Berg – das sagen seine Wegbegleiter". Kölnische Rundschau (in German). Retrieved 5 May 2019.
- ^ "SPD-Kreisvorsitzender Guido van den Berg im Alter von 44 Jahren gestorben". Rheinische Anzeigenblätter (in German). 3 May 2019. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
External links
edit- Official website (in German)
- Guido van den Berg Archived 2019-05-05 at the Wayback Machine at Parliamentwatch (in German)