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barbara rinke in 2009 nordhausen , thuringia , germany german 8 january 1947 barbara rinke-01 retouched.jpg barbara rinke
 barbara rinke politician
barbara rinke

barbara rinke -lrb- born 8 january 1947 -rrb- is a german politician of the social democratic party .
she was born in nordhausen , thuringia , and was bürgermeister of that city from 1994 to 2012 .
from 2003 to 2009 , she was the praeses of the synod of the evangelical church in germany -lrb- ekd -rrb- .
