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Jan 26, 1951 Albersloh, North Rhine Westphalia, Germany 73 years old
German political scientist
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About Christoph Butterwegge
- Christoph Butterwegge (born 26 January 1951) is a German political scientist and poverty researcher.
- From 1998 to 2016 he was Professor of Political Science at the Institute for Comparative Education and Social Sciences at the Humanities Faculty of the University of Cologne and is a member of the Research Center for Intercultural Studies (FiSt). Long active in political circles, Butterwegge was a member of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) from 1970 to 1975 and again from 1987 to 2005.
- After leaving the SPD, he has openly praised Die Linke but has never joined the party.
- On 21 November 2016, Die Linke nominated him as a candidate in the 2017 federal presidential election.
- Butterwegge received 128 votes on 12 February 2017, coming in second place to former Vice Chancellor Frank-Walter Steinmeier of the SPD.
