Christoph Meineke

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Christoph Meineke (2012)

Christoph Meineke (born March 13, 1979 in Hanover ) is a German local politician . The non-party is mayor of the municipality Wennigsen (Deister) and member of the executive committee of the Lower Saxony Association of Cities .

education

After graduating from Matthias-Claudius-Gymnasium Gehrden , Meineke studied economics at the Vienna University of Economics , the University of St. Gallen and the Zeppelin University in Friedrichshafen. He is doing his doctorate under Birger Priddat at the private University of Witten / Herdecke . In 2012 he completed a senior executive education at Harvard Kennedy School .

politics

Mayoral elections in 2006 and 2014

For the first time in northern Germany , he succeeded in 2006 as an individual candidate, without the assistance of a voter community against three partisan candidate of the SPD , CDU and FDP in a direct election to be elected mayor. Meineke became the youngest main administrative official in Lower Saxony by the final runoff election by 2013. This election caused a stir throughout Germany and is considered a reference for non-party politics in Germany. The strong personal commitment in the election campaign was essential for his success . The use of social media , which was new at the time , has been examined in scientific papers.

Meineke ran again as a non-party candidate for the mayoral election in May 2014. The SPD spoke out in favor of Meineke, the FDP and Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen did not submit any candidates. Meineke won the election with 89.6% against a candidate from the CDU.

Digital local politics

Meineke with the online participation prize 2012 for the citizen participation
procedure for the Wennigs residential area Hohes Feld
Meineke next to the mayor of the Silicon Valley city Cupertino Gilbert Wong at Harvard University, 2012

At the beginning of his term of office, Meineke announced that he wanted to provide online impulses for the renewal of the idea of local self-government and digital citizen participation . Among other things, he established a cooperation with the Institute for Information Management at the University of Bremen . As a result, Wennigsen became part of the “e2democracy” program with the climate promise project . In 2012, the municipality won the prize for online participation, which was awarded for the first time in Germany, for the citizen participation process initiated by Meineke for the Hohes Feld residential area in Wennigs . The digital projects are also part of the municipality's nomination for the German Sustainability Award 2012 in the Governance and Administration category . Other actions with the online community included, for example, the partnership with Wikimedia Germany for the Wiki Loves Monuments Wennigsen campaign . He runs a blog and communicates with citizens on social media channels.

As part of the Science Year 2014 initiative Die Digitale Gesellschaft of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research and the Society for Informatics, he was honored with the award of Germany's Digital Minds . The award goes to those who drive digital development in Germany with their ideas and projects .

Supra-local work

Meineke has been a member and lecturer in the Innovators Club of the German Association of Towns and Municipalities since 2008 . He lectures on topics of citizen participation in the Internet age at institutions such as the German University for Administrative Sciences in Speyer, the German Institute for Urban Studies or ADV Austria . In November 2013 Meineke was elected to the Presidium of the Lower Saxony City Council. As the successor to the former Mayor of Hildesheim, Kurt Machens, he represents the mayors without party affiliation.

Publications

  • Local election campaign 2.0 experiences and tips. In: Franz-Reinhard Habbel , Andreas Huber (ed.): Web 2.0 for municipalities and local politics. New forms of publicity and cooperation between politics, business, administration and citizens. Werner Hülsbusch, Boizenburg 2008, ISBN 978-3-940317-36-0 , pp. 9-14.
  • with Herbert Kubicek : Excellent citizen consultation in Wennigsen. In two stages in two ways In: NST messages. Vol. 40, No. 7/8, 2012, ISSN  1434-0372 , pp. 162-165, ( digitized version (2.89 MB) ).
  • Challenge online participation. In: Hermann Hill (ed.): Administrative communication. Scientific analyzes and practical examples (= administrative resources and administrative structures. 25). Nomos, Baden-Baden 2013, ISBN 978-3-8487-0711-9 , pp. 133-144.

Web links

Commons : Christoph Meineke  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Article. ( Memento of the original from February 11, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) 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. In: Publicus; Retrieved February 20, 2013  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.publicus-boorberg.de
  2. ↑ report. In: FAZ ; Retrieved November 1, 2012
  3. ↑ dradio.de
  4. ↑ Article on his election campaign. ( Memento of the original from October 26, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) 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. Fire one; Retrieved November 1, 2012 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.brandeins.de
  5. ^ Samuel Ernst: How Web 2.0 is changing politics: The online election campaign has begun . Diplomica-Verlag, Hamburg 2011, ISBN 978-3-8428-5671-4 , chapter 3.2.3. National blogs, p. 27 .
  6. ↑ The election campaign begins after Easter . In: Hannoversche Allgemeine Zeitung , April 10, 2014, accessed on May 25, 2014
  7. ↑ landslide victory for Christoph Meineke . In: Hannoversche Allgemeine Zeitung. May 26, 2014; Retrieved May 26, 2014
  8. ↑ People's favorite - Christoph Meineke . In: Hannoversche Allgemeine Zeitung , May 29, 2014; accessed on June 27, 2014
  9. ↑ Ifib blog; accessed on October 31, 2012
  10. ↑ Authorities report May 2012, p. 6; Retrieved online on October 30, 2012.
  11. ↑ | DNP nomination , accessed March 8, 2018
  12. ↑ The twittering mayor from Wennigsen. In: Hannoversche Allgemeine Zeitung. Retrieved October 30, 2012
  13. ^ Social networks as part of the modern state. on: heise-online , accessed on November 9, 2012.
  14. ↑ digital-ist.de ( Memento of the original from October 10, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) 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.digital-ist.de
  15. ↑ innovatorsclub.de
  16. ↑ Expert conference on administrative modernization 2012 ( Memento of the original from December 16, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. accessed on October 31, 2012  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / tisrv09.kohlhammer.de
  17. ^ ADV Conference 2011 in Salzburg , accessed on October 31, 2012.
  18. ↑ report. In: Hildesheimer Allgemeine Zeitung , December 4, 2013; Retrieved December 16, 2013.
personal data
SURNAME Meineke, Christoph
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German local politician (independent), mayor
DATE OF BIRTH March 13, 1979
PLACE OF BIRTH Hanover