Ashok-Alexander Sridharan
Ashok-Alexander Sridharan is a German politician of Indian ancestry who is the current Mayor of Bonn as a member of the Christian Democratic Union of Germany (CDU). He is the first mayor of Bonn to be of immigrant background.[1]
Ashok-Alexander Sridharan | |
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| Mayor of Bonn | |
| Assumed office 21 October 2015 | |
| Preceded by | Jürgen Nimptsch |
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| Born | June 15, 1965 Bonn, West Germany |
Biography
Sridharan was born in Bonn on June 15, 1965[2] to a diplomat from Kerala, India, who moved to West Germany in the 1950s, and a mother from Bonn.[3] He spent his childhood and university years in Bonn, which he used to brand himself as a "Bonn lad" during his campaign. He studied at the Aloisiuskolleg, a private and Catholic high school in Bonn, before studying law at the University of Bonn.[2] In an interview with Deutsche Welle, Sridharen stated that his Indian roots weren't relevant to his campaign. He also stated, "I think [Indian interests] could even contribute efforts to make Bonn better-known internationally than it already is and that would do us good. We have many international companies and organizations here and I feel we have to strengthen that". Due to his ancestry, Sridharan has noted that there has been negative attention towards him through xenophobic comments.[1][4]
References
- ^ a b Brady, Kate (14 Sep 2015). "Bonn elects first mayor with Indian background". DW.com. Deutsche Welle. Retrieved 2020-04-15.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ a b "Ashok-Alexander Sridharan | TheMayor.EU". www.themayor.eu. Retrieved 2020-04-15.
- ^ Krishnan, Madhuvanti S. (2015-09-24). "Bonn to win". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2020-04-15.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Ashok-Alexander Sridharan | Durban 2019". www.durban2019.uclg.org. Retrieved 2020-04-15.