Please answer the following question: Facts: - imagesize: 200px - website: http://www.stefan-schostok.de/ - party: social democratic party - predecessor: stephan weil - office: mayor of hanover - term start: 6 october 2013 - birth date: 12 may 1964 - name: stefan schostok - nationality: german - image: 2013 schostok von der sozialdemokratischen partei deutschlands -lrb- spd -rrb- am kurz kropcke.jpg vor der oberburgermeister-wahl in hannover , stefan - birth place: hildesheim , lower saxony Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of stefan schostok .
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stefan schostok -lrb- born 12 may 1964 -rrb- is a german politician of the social democratic party and has been mayor of hanover since 6 october 2013 .from 2008 to january 2013 he served as a member of the lower saxony legislative assembly .during that time , he was elected chairman of the spd group in the lower saxony legislative assembly -lrb- landtag -rrb- in 2010 , a position which he vacated in 2013 .