Peter Harry Carstensen

Peter Harry Carstensen Ministerpräsident a. D.
Peter Harry Carstensen in 2010
Minister President of Schleswig-Holstein
In office 27 April 2005 – 12 June 2012
President	Horst Köhler Christian Wulff Joachim Gauck
Chancellor	Gerhard Schröder Angela Merkel
Preceded by	Heide Simonis
Succeeded by	Torsten Albig
Chairman of CDU Schleswig-Holstein
In office 2 June 2002 – 18 September 2010
Succeeded by	Christian von Boetticher
Member of the Bundestag
In office 29 March 1983 – 19 April 2005
Personal details
Born	(1947-03-12) 12 March 1947 (age 77)[1] Elisabeth-Sophien-Koog, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
Nationality	Germany
Political party	Christian Democratic Union of Germany (CDU)
Alma mater	University of Kiel
Profession	Teacher

Peter Harry Carstensen (born 12 March 1947) is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU). From 2005 to 2012 he was Minister President of the state of Schleswig-Holstein, serving as President of the Bundesrat in 2005/06.