Burkhard Albers

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Burkhard Albers, District Administrator of the Rheingau-Taunus District

Burkhard Albers (born October 25, 1959 in Höxter ) is a German local politician. From July 2005 to July 2017 he was district administrator of the Hessian Rheingau-Taunus district .

Career

After graduating from high school, Albers began studying law . Between the two state exams he spent his legal clerkship at the Hessian state parliament, among others . Following his training, he worked for a law firm for two years . In 1992 he entered the service of the district administration of the Rheingau-Taunus district. From the legal office there, he moved in January 1997 as head of the office for building supervision, building construction, district roads and nature conservation as well as legal advisor to the district administration of the Mainz-Bingen district and from 2000 until his departure in 2002 also took over the office of head of the waste management company .

Alber's political career began in 1997 when he joined the SPD . He was first a member of the SPD local association Wiesbaden-Bierstadt , and later a member of the board of the SPD sub-district Rheingau-Taunus. From December 10, 2005 to December 2016, he was state chairman of the social democratic community for local politics in Hesse. From March 1, 2002 to July 4, 2005 he was a full-time first district member in the Rheingau-Taunus district. On March 6, 2005 he prevailed in a runoff election for the office of district administrator of the Rheingau-Taunus district with 57.4% of the votes against the incumbent Bernd Röttger (CDU). After taking office, he founded the first municipal alliance for medium-sized businesses in the Federal Republic of Germany, for which he won the Nassauische Sparkasse , in close cooperation with the Wiesbaden Chamber of Commerce, the Wiesbaden / Rheingau-Taunus Chamber of Crafts and the District Craftsmen's Association . In addition, he set up the annual renewable energies forum in close cooperation with clubs, associations and companies . In this, questions in connection with energy supply (energy saving, generation, efficiency) were and are discussed and strategies that can be implemented at the municipal level are developed.

With the aim of making the Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis the most family-friendly district in Germany, Albers advocated the establishment of a local alliance for families at an early stage. This has existed since 2006 and has set itself the task of permanently contributing to more family friendliness on site and a positive image for the family. Concrete agreements between administration, associations and organizations should be formulated and put into practice together in order to improve the living conditions of young families and children as well as of young people and senior citizens. Since May 15, 2009, the local alliance for families has been organizing the family festival in the Rheingau-Taunus district . At the annual events, companies located in the district, which have made a special contribution to the compatibility of family and work, are awarded the title of family-friendly company .

On April 10, 2011, Burkhard Albers won a runoff election against his challenger Jutta Nothacker (CDU) with 60.2% of the valid votes cast. In the comments, Albers was praised in particular for his consistent content-related work in the interest of the further development of the Rheingau-Taunus district and the clear election result was also attributed to this. He did not stand for a possible re-election in February 2017. Frank Kilian , a non-party member, was elected as his successor .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Social democratic local politicians elect a new state executive. In: osthessen-news.de. December 6, 2016, accessed February 25, 2019 .
  2. ^ Hessian State Statistical Office: District election in the Rheingau-Taunus district runoff election 2005
  3. ↑ Wiesbadener Kurier : District Administrator Burkhard Albers leaves the district building after 15 years , accessed on August 26, 2017

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personal data
SURNAME Albers, Burkhard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German local politician
DATE OF BIRTH October 25, 1959
PLACE OF BIRTH Höxter