Uwe Conradt (born 31 March 1977) is a German Christian Democratic politician who has been serving as Mayor of Saarbrücken since 2019.[1][2]
Uwe Conradt | |
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| Mayor of Saarbrücken | |
| Assumed office 1 October 2019 | |
| Deputy | Ralf Latz (2019–2020) Barbara Meyer-Gluche (2020–) |
| Preceded by | Charlotte Britz |
| Head of the Saarland Media Authority | |
| In office 2016 – 1 October 2019 | |
| Member of the Landtag of Saarland | |
| In office August 2012 – May 2016 | |
| Preceded by | Peter Jacoby |
| Succeeded by | Petra Fretter |
| Member of the Saarbrücken City Council | |
| In office 2009 – September 2019 | |
| Member of the Dudweiler District Council | |
| In office 1999–2004 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 31 March 1977 Saarbrücken, Saarland, West Germany |
| Political party | CDU |
| Spouse | Jana Conradt |
| Children | 3 |
| Alma mater | Saarland University |
Politics
editUwe Conradt joined the Young Union in 1990 and became a member of the CDU in 1994. He was Member of the Dudweiler District Council from 1999 until 2004 and became Member of the Saarbrücken City Council in 2009. He succeeded Peter Jacoby as Member of the Landtag of Saarland in August 2012 until 2016, when he was appointed Director of the State Media Authority.
He succeeded Peter Strobel as Speaker of the CDU City Council Group in 2018 and ran for the office of Mayor in the local elections on 26 May 2019. He received 29.0 percent, finishing second to the incumbent Charlotte Britz, a Social Democrat, who received 36.8 percent. Both advanced to the runoff election which took place on 9 June, in which he surprisingly defeated Britz with 50.3 percent of the votes, ending a 43 years lasting streak of Social Democratic Mayors in Saarbrücken.[3] He vacated his council seat in September 2019.
He assumed the office of Mayor on 1 October 2019 and is being backed by a so-called Jamaica coalition of CDU, the Green Party and the Free Democrats.
Sources
edit- Personal homepage
- Uwe Conradt on the Saarbrücken city homepage
References
edit- ^ Rolshausen, Martin. "Jahresrückblick für Saarbrücken: CDU feiert einen historischen Sieg". Saarbrücker Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 2020-01-02.
- ^ Rolshausen, Martin. "Saarbrücker Stadtgeschichte: Die Mission: Rettung des Saarkrans". Saarbrücker Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 2020-01-02.
- ^ "SPD-Kandidatin unterliegt : Erstmals seit 40 Jahren wird ein CDU-Politiker Oberbürgermeister in Saarbrücken". Spiegel Online. Retrieved 2 January 2020.