Vincent Kokert
German politician
Vincent Kokert (born 6 April 1978) is a German politician for the Christian Democratic Union (CDU).
Career
Kokert was born in 1979 in Neustrelitz and became a member of the CDU in 1997.
He has been a member of the Landtag of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, the legislative body of the federal state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, since 2002 and became the chairman of the CDU in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern in 2017. By early 2020, Kokert announced his resignation and left politics.
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