Dieter Reiter
Appearance
Dieter Reiter | |
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Mayor of Munich | |
Assumed office 1 May 2014 | |
Preceded by | Christian Ude |
Personal details | |
Born | Rain, Swabia, Bavaria, West Germany (now Germany) | 19 May 1958
Political party | Social Democratic Party |
Spouse | Petra Reiter (2003 - present) |
Children | 1 |
Dieter Reiter (born 19 May 1958 in Rain, Swabia) is a German politician and the current mayor of Munich, the capital of the state of Bavaria.[1] He is a member of the Social Democratic Party.
Career
Reiter studied at the Fachhochschule für öffentliche Verwaltung und Rechtspflege in Hof, where he finished 1981. On the 30. March 2014 he was voted with 56.7% of votes mayor of Munich. He succeeded Christian Ude, who served as mayor from 1993 to 2014. Reiter was a SPD delegate to the Federal Convention for the purpose of electing the President of Germany in 2017.[2]
Other activities
- Stadtwerke München (SWM), ex officio chairman of the supervisory board
- Munich Airport, ex officio member of the supervisory board
- Messe München, ex officio member of the supervisory board
- Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, member of the board of trustees[3]
- Technische Universität München, member of the board of trustees
- Deutsches Museum, member of the board of trustees
- Ifo Institute for Economic Research, member of the board of trustees[4]
- ver.di, member
Personal life
Reiter has been married twice, and is the father of a son from his first marriage. His second wife, Petra, has two children of her own from a previous relationship.
References
- ^ "Munich elects new centre-left mayor". The Local. 31 March 2014. Retrieved 4 May 2014.
- ^ Mitglieder bzw. Ersatzmitglieder der 16. Bundesversammlung Landtag of Bavaria, press release of 22 November 2016.
- ^ Board of Trustees Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich.
- ^ Board of Trustees Ifo Institute for Economic Research.