Minister Hanka Mittelstädt
Hanka Mittelstädt was born in Prenzlau in 1987. The Uckermark native comes from a family that has been connected to agriculture in the region for several generations. After graduating from high school in Prenzlau in 2009, she studied agricultural economics at Neubrandenburg University of Applied Sciences until 2011, graduating with a Bachelor of Science.
From 2011 to 2012, she completed a Master's degree at the Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel. From 2012 to 2015, Ms Mittelstädt worked as a corporate customer advisor for agricultural customers at various banks. After returning to the Uckermark, she took over her parents' farm in Zollchow am Unteruckersee in 2015, where she expanded the product range in the area of direct marketing, including with the Uckermark regional brand.
She was Managing Director of Ucker-Ei GmbH until November 2024. Until December 2024, she was honorary Chairwoman of the Board of the Association for the Promotion of Rural Areas in the Brandenburg-Berlin Region - pro agro, an association of regional companies in the agricultural and food industry as well as providers in the field of rural and nature tourism. In this role, she was particularly involved in the marketing and use of regional agricultural products.
She has been a member of the SPD since 2019. Ms Mittelstädt is active in local politics as a local councillor in her municipality of Nordwestuckermark and in the SPD's Uckermark district parliamentary group. She has been a member of the SPD state parliamentary group since 2023.
On 13 December 2024, she was sworn in as Minister for Agriculture and Food, Environment and Consumer Protection of the State of Brandenburg.
Hanka Mittelstädt lives near Prenzlau.
Further Information
- Hanka Mittelstädt: Brandenburg's new Minister for Agriculture, Food, Environment and Consumer Protection - Woidke: ‘Cabinet is now complete and ready to go’ | Press release from the Brandenburg State Chancellery dated 13 December 2024 (in German)
Hanka Mittelstädt was born in Prenzlau in 1987. The Uckermark native comes from a family that has been connected to agriculture in the region for several generations. After graduating from high school in Prenzlau in 2009, she studied agricultural economics at Neubrandenburg University of Applied Sciences until 2011, graduating with a Bachelor of Science.
From 2011 to 2012, she completed a Master's degree at the Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel. From 2012 to 2015, Ms Mittelstädt worked as a corporate customer advisor for agricultural customers at various banks. After returning to the Uckermark, she took over her parents' farm in Zollchow am Unteruckersee in 2015, where she expanded the product range in the area of direct marketing, including with the Uckermark regional brand.
She was Managing Director of Ucker-Ei GmbH until November 2024. Until December 2024, she was honorary Chairwoman of the Board of the Association for the Promotion of Rural Areas in the Brandenburg-Berlin Region - pro agro, an association of regional companies in the agricultural and food industry as well as providers in the field of rural and nature tourism. In this role, she was particularly involved in the marketing and use of regional agricultural products.
She has been a member of the SPD since 2019. Ms Mittelstädt is active in local politics as a local councillor in her municipality of Nordwestuckermark and in the SPD's Uckermark district parliamentary group. She has been a member of the SPD state parliamentary group since 2023.
On 13 December 2024, she was sworn in as Minister for Agriculture and Food, Environment and Consumer Protection of the State of Brandenburg.
Hanka Mittelstädt lives near Prenzlau.
Further Information
- Hanka Mittelstädt: Brandenburg's new Minister for Agriculture, Food, Environment and Consumer Protection - Woidke: ‘Cabinet is now complete and ready to go’ | Press release from the Brandenburg State Chancellery dated 13 December 2024 (in German)