Christine Strobl (politician)

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Christine Strobl press photo 2012/13

Christine Strobl (born March 2, 1961 in Munich ) is a German politician ( SPD ) and mayor of Munich from 2006 to 2020 .

Life and education

Strobl grew up in her hometown of Munich in the Glockenbachviertel and attended elementary school there on Blumenstrasse. After graduating from the Theresien-Gymnasium in Munich , she studied political science , German studies and history at the Ludwig-Maximilians-University in Munich and graduated with a Magister Artium . She then worked as a research assistant .

Career

Christine Strobl's political career began in 1982 when she joined the SPD . Here she was initially active with the Munich Jusos (Working Group of Young Socialists, the youth organization of the SPD). From 1985 to 1987 she was its chairman and made a name for herself in particular with environmental issues. In addition, Strobl was also involved in women's politics right from the start and in 1996 was elected chairman of the Working Group of Social Democratic Women (AsF) in Munich. In 2002 she gave up this office.

In 1990 Strobl was elected to the Munich City Council for the first time as a member of the SPD parliamentary group . In 1994 Strobl was elected to the parliamentary group executive committee and in 2002 he was elected deputy group chairman. In addition, she was spokeswoman for women's policy and child and youth policy for her parliamentary group, as well as spokeswoman for the administrative and personnel committee.

Strobl took on a variety of tasks as a voluntary city councilor and was a. a. Co-referee for the personnel and organization department and chair of the Equal Opportunities Commission for 12 years.

Christine Strobl was elected second mayor on December 14, 2005 and re-elected on May 2, 2008. During this time she headed the municipal committee, the child and youth welfare committee, the social committee, the education and sport committees, the IT committee and was responsible for the 25 Munich district committees.

After the 2014 local elections and the formation of a black-red cooperation in the city council instead of the previous red-green alliance, she was elected third mayor on May 21, 2014. Strobl headed the child and youth welfare committee, the social committee, the committees for education and sport, the district administration committee and was responsible for the 25 district committees. In the 2020 local elections, she did not run for personal reasons and subsequently resigned from all political offices.

In addition, Strobl was chairman of the school committee of the Bavarian Association of Cities .

Strobl was chairman of the supervisory board of Olympiapark München GmbH , Tierpark Hellabrunn AG , München Stift GmbH and Münchner Volkshochschule GmbH .

She is also the chairwoman of the Foundation Council of the ICP Munich Foundation . Strobl is also a member of the Board of Trustees of the Lichtblick Hasenbergl Foundation and of the Lebenshilfe Munich Board of Trustees .

Trivia

In September 2009 Strobl fell ill with breast cancer. This was repeatedly discussed in the media in connection with the continuation of her political activities. Christine Strobl is widowed and has two children.

Honors

  • 2002 Munich shines gold for the friends of Munich
  • 2012 Municipal Medal of Merit in Silver
  • 2014 anniversary medal in gold

See also

Web links

Commons : Christine Strobl  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Dominik Hutter and Melanie Staudinger: City council elects Schmid and Strobl. süddeutsche.de, May 21, 2014, accessed April 26, 2017 .
  2. ↑ Sascha Karowski: Servus! Munich's mayor Christine Strobl is retiring after 30 years. In: www.merkur.de. April 29, 2020, accessed May 4, 2020 .
  3. ^ List of the members of the school board. (No longer available online.) Bavarian Association of Cities, archived from the original on April 27, 2017 ; Retrieved April 27, 2017 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.bay-staedtetag.de
  4. ↑ Shareholders, supervisory boards and managing directors. olympapark.de, accessed on April 27, 2017 .
  5. ^ Committees of the Munich Adult Education Center. Münchner Volkshochschule GmbH, accessed on April 28, 2017 .
  6. ↑ Sven Loerzer: Strobl on cancer: It is better not to hide it. süddeutsche.de, May 17, 2010, accessed April 26, 2017 .
  7. ↑ Munich lights up, honors in 2002. muenchen.de, accessed on April 27, 2017 .
  8. ↑ Information letter Bavarian Association of Cities. (No longer available online.) Bavarian Association of Cities, archived from the original on April 28, 2017 ; Retrieved April 27, 2017 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.bay-staedtetag.de
  9. ^ Municipal medal of merit in silver for Christine Strobl. (No longer available online.) Government of Upper Bavaria, archived from the original on April 28, 2017 ; Retrieved April 27, 2017 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.regierung.oberbayern.bayern.de
  10. ↑ Council information system on Christine Strobl. State capital Munich, accessed on April 27, 2017 .
personal data
SURNAME Strobl, Christine
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German politician (SPD) and mayor of Munich since 2006
DATE OF BIRTH March 2, 1961
PLACE OF BIRTH Munich