Alexander Putz

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Alexander Putz (born July 18, 1963 in Klosterneuburg near Vienna ) is a German politician ( FDP ). He has been Lord Mayor of Landshut since January 1, 2017 .

Life

The native Austrian is a civil engineer . Putz has lived in the Landshut area since around 1982, but has only had German citizenship for a few years. Together with three other engineers, he founded an engineering and planning company based in Landshut in 1993, which he and two other founders (as of the end of 2017) continue to manage. He lives in Bruckberg , a municipality in the Landshut district .

Putz is married and has two children.

politics

Putz joined the FDP in 2012. Since June 24, 2013 he has been district chairman of the party. In 2014 he took over the office of secretary of the FDP Niederbayern, since 2015 he has been the deputy state chairman of the Liberal Mittelstand Bayern . In the election of the state chairman of the Bavarian FDP on November 21, 2015, he achieved almost 26% against incumbent Albert Duin .

One of the main concerns of Putz as Lord Mayor is to strengthen tourism in Landshut, and he is also committed to improving the transport infrastructure, more business settlements and faster internet in the city.

Mayor election

On October 9, 2016, Putz applied with three other applicants to succeed Hans Rampf . He had declined the advice to practice his Austrian dialect; nor did he have as large a network within the city as his competitors. In the first ballot he received 27.9% of the vote and thus got into the runoff election against Helmut Radlmeier , who had achieved 32.8%.

In the runoff election, Putz won with 63.0% of the vote; Radlmeier came to 37.0%. The turnout was 45.11%. The term of office began on January 1, 2017.

At Putz's suggestion, the mayor and city council elections were merged again on March 15, 2020 , although he could have stayed in office for six years. He achieved 45.5% of seven applicants and was re-elected with 70.4% in the runoff election on March 29, 2020; Sigi Hagl ( Alliance 90 / The Greens ) achieved 29.6%.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Bayer. Radio on the mayor's runoff election in Landshut ( memento from October 26, 2016 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on October 23, 2016
  2. ↑ Süddeutsche for the FDP state party conference in 2015 , accessed on October 23, 2016.
  3. ↑ New mayor in Landshut: This liberal breaks the rule of the CSU , Die Welt , October 31, 2016
  4. ↑ Süddeutsche on the runoff result of the mayor election , accessed on October 23, 2016

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personal data
SURNAME Putz, Alexander
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German politician (FDP)
DATE OF BIRTH July 18, 1963
PLACE OF BIRTH Klosterneuburg