Michael Sack (born 9 August 1973) is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU). From August 2020 to September 2021, he was leader of the party's Mecklenburg-Vorpommern branch.[1] Previously, he was district administrator of Vorpommern-Greifswald.[2] He was the CDU's lead candidate for the 2021 Mecklenburg-Vorpommern state election, and subsequently resigned as party leader.[3]
Michael Sack | |
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 Sack in 2021 | |
| Leader of the Christian Democratic Union in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | |
| In office 7 August 2020 – 27 September 2021 | |
| Preceded by | Vincent Kokert |
| Succeeded by | Eckhardt Rehberg (acting) |
| District administrator of Vorpommern-Greifswald | |
| Assumed office October 2018 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Michael Sack 9 August 1973 Demmin, East Germany |
| Political party | Christian Democratic Union |
| Children | 3 |
Personal life
editMichael Sack grew up in Groß Toitin near Jarmen. After an apprenticeship as a draftsman, he completed a degree in civil engineering. Until 2010 he worked as a vocational school teacher. He is married and has three children.
Political career
editIn 2010, Sack was elected mayor of Loitz and also took over the administration of the Peenetal/Loitz office. The following year, he was elected district council president of Vorpommern-Greifswald, which was newly created in the course of the Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania district reform in 2011. He was re-elected as mayor of Loitz with 94% of votes in the 2017 local elections.[4]
In December 2017, the CDU district association of Vorpommern-Greifswald nominated Sack as its candidate for the 2018 district election. In the election on 27 May 2018, Michael Sack received the most votes, 41.5%, ahead of the second-placed AfD candidate who won 15.7%.[5] In the runoff election on 10 June, Sack won in a landslide with 79.5%.[2] Michael Sack took up his post as district administrator in October.
On 19 June 2020, Sack announced his candidacy for the state CDU leadership.[6] At a special party congress in Güstrow on 7 August, he was elected with 94.8% of the vote. He was also chosen as the party's lead candidate for the next state election.[1] The CDU won just 13.3% of votes in the election, a decline of almost six percentage points. Sack subsequently resigned as party leader and waived his Landtag mandate.[3]
References
edit- ^ a b "Michael Sack is the new CDU state chief". FAZ.net. 7 August 2020.
- ^ a b "Runoff election for the district council in the district of Vorpommern-Greifswald on June 10, 2018" (PDF). Vorpommern-Greifswald Government.
- ^ a b "After resignations at the CDU - ex-party leader Rehberg takes over". Norddeutscher Rundfunk (in German). 28 September 2021.
- ^ "Michael Sack (CDU) remains mayor in Loitz". Ostsee Zeitung. 10 April 2017.
- ^ "District election in the Vorpommern-Greifswald district on 27 May 2018" (PDF). Vorpommern-Greifswald Government.
- ^ "Amthor is not running for CDU state chairmanship". Tagesschau.de. 19 June 2020.