Michael Wolf (politician, 1962)

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Michael Wolf at an election campaign event on the Altenburg market in April 2012

Michael Wolf (born March 9, 1962 in Altenburg ) is a German politician ( SPD ) and was Lord Mayor of the city of Altenburg in Thuringia from 2000 to 2018 .

education and profession

Wolf attended the Polytechnic High School from 1968 to 1976 . Then he made from 1976 to 1980 the Abitur in an extended high school . After doing his military service from autumn 1980 to spring 1982, he studied at the Technical University of Ilmenau from 1982 to 1987 and completed his studies with a degree in electrical engineering.

From 1987 to 1992 he worked as a production engineer. During this time he became head of the network operation and electrical maintenance departments at the Borna lignite works. From 1992 to 1996 he was group leader for medium-voltage and local network construction at Siemens AG Verkehrstechnik und Leitbau Rositz. He then held the post of regional office manager for medium-voltage and local network construction Jena at SAG Montagegesellschaft mbH from 1996 to 2000.

Wolf is married and has five children.

Political career

Since the fall of the Wall, Wolf has also been politically active. He, who has been a member of the SPD since January 1990, was a member of the Altenburg district council from 1990 to 1994 . From 1993 to 1994 he was chairman of the local SPD association in Altenburg. From 1994 to 2000 he was a member of the Altenburg city council and was also the parliamentary group leader of his party during this time. In 2000, Wolf became mayor of Altenburg. In 2006 and 2012 he was confirmed in his mayor's office. In 2006 there was still no opponent, but in June 2012 he was able to prevail against his non-party opponent in a runoff election . Furthermore, Wolf has been a member of the district council of the Altenburger Land district again since 2000 .

In the local elections in Thuringia in 2018 , Wolf did not run again as Lord Mayor. His successor was the CDU candidate André Neumann on July 1, 2018 .

criticism

As Lord Mayor, Wolf was also chairman of the supervisory board of the Altenburg municipal housing company in 2000. In this double function, he managed, among other things, the purchase of the block of houses on Klostergasse , located west of the historic market square in the listed town center of Altenburg, in order to replace it with a new residential and commercial building with an underground car park and grocery store. The demolition of the houses, some of which are listed as individual monuments, was also heavily criticized nationwide.

Web links

Commons : Michael Wolf  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Lord Mayor of the City of Altenburg , SPD Altenburg website
  2. ↑ Altenburg's Mayor Michael Wolf will no longer run in 2018. Ostthüringer Zeitung, November 3, 2017, accessed on July 2, 2018 .
  3. ↑ Kay Würker: SWG presents development concept for urban wasteland / monument demolition planned , Osterländer Volkszeitung , Gera, 25 September 2009
  4. ↑ Ellen Paul: Not everything can be saved - Interview with Mayor Michael Wolf on the area on the market , Osterländer Volkszeitung , November 8, 2009
  5. ↑ Dankwart Guratsch: A prefabricated building is supposed to disfigure Altenburg's market square , Die Welt , Berlin, January 2, 2010
  6. ↑ Alexander Cammann: House warfare in Thuringia , Die Zeit , Hamburg, August 2, 2010
  7. ^ Mathias Grünzig: Baroque under the pickaxe. City destruction at state expense. In the Thuringian city of Altenburg, people do tabula rasa. , Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung , Frankfurt, May 30, 2012
personal data
SURNAME Wolf, Michael
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German politician (SPD)
DATE OF BIRTH March 9, 1962
PLACE OF BIRTH Altenburg