Daniel Zimmermann (politician)

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Daniel Zimmermann, Mayor of Monheim am Rhein (2013)

Daniel Zimmermann (born May 3, 1982 in Düsseldorf ) is a German politician ( PETO ). He has been mayor of the Mittelstadt Monheim am Rhein since 2009 . At the age of 27 he was elected the youngest mayor in North Rhine-Westphalia at the time.

Origin, studies and private matters (1982 to 2009)

Zimmermann grew up as the son of a printing form manufacturer and an administrative clerk in Baumberg . From 1988 to 1992 he attended the Geschwister-Scholl-Elementary School there. He then moved to the Otto Hahn Gymnasium in Monheim am Rhein, where he graduated from high school in 2001. He then did his community service at the biological station in the Urdenbacher Kämpe . From 2002 he studied at the University of Cologne French and physics teacher for Secondary 1 and 2 and was 2008, the first state examination . From 2008 to 2009 Zimmermann was scientifically active in the Romance seminar at the University of Cologne; Among other things, he was a tutor for the intermediate examination in the linguistic area of ​​French, Italian, Spanish and Portuguese. His doctorate on the topic: The development of semantics in French from the Middle Ages to the present day , due to time problems, Zimmermann had to stop in the summer of 2009.

Daniel Zimmermann is single, childless and lives in Monheim am Rhein. In the WDR documentary "Monheim - How Much Islam Can a City Can Take ?" Zimmermann describes himself as an atheist .

Political career (since 1999)

In 1999 Zimmermann and four other young people from Monheim am Rhein were among the founders of the PETO youth party, of which he was chairman until 2004. The party has been able to continuously increase its election results in the city since it was founded. In 1999 it achieved three seats with 6.1% and in 2004 with 16.6% already seven seats. In the same year Zimmermann moved into the city ​​council after five years earlier it would have been impossible for him to stand for this because in Germany the right to stand as a candidate is only obtained at the age of majority . Until 2006 he was parliamentary group chairman of his party and since 2005 has been chairman of the works committee for the municipal operations of Monheim am Rhein.

Mayor of Monheim (2009 to date)

Mayoral election 2009

On August 30, 2009, PETO achieved 29.56% of the vote and twelve seats in the Monheim city council election, drawing level with the CDU . In the mayoral election taking place at the same time, for which Zimmermann was nominated as a candidate by his party in August 2008, Zimmermann was able to secure the relative majority with 30.35% of the votes , which was sufficient to win the election after the runoff election was abolished in 2007 . Daniel Zimmermann was the first and only mayor of Monheim to be elected for a six-year term; from 2020, future mayors in North Rhine-Westphalia can only be elected for a five-year term.

Mayoral election 2014

After four years as mayor (his regular term of office would have lasted until August 2015), Zimmermann decided to shorten the term of office in favor of a joint election of the mayor and city council. The amalgamation of the two elections, which finally took place on May 25, 2014, brought the city of Monheim am Rhein estimated savings of around 50,000 euros. He won the re-election as mayor with 94.64% of the vote, the highest result in a mayoral election in Monheim am Rhein.

The second term of office for Daniel Zimmermann ends in September 2020.

Political agenda

According to Zimmermann's own statement, the most important political measure was the lowering of the trade tax in 2012. In relation to the high trade taxes in the neighboring communities, this led to an influx of businesspeople and increasing household income and, from 2014, the city was free of debt. In addition, he politically implemented the exemption of all daycare centers and free public transport for all Monheim residents.

Politically, Zimmermann cannot be assigned to any camp. During his first term as mayor, he implemented his plans with changing majorities with the support of the Greens, the SPD or the CDU. However, he distinguishes himself from "conservative, tradition-conscious" interests.

Works

  • I can be mayor! At the age of 27 Germany's youngest mayor , Fackelträger-Verlag, Cologne, ISBN 978-3-7716-4460-4

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Youngest mayor in Monheim
  2. ^ WZ: Daniel Zimmermann: The Youngest Mayor , accessed on September 1, 2009
  3. ↑ http://www.ardmediathek.de/tv/Hier-und-heute/Monheim-Wie-viel-Islam-vertr%C3%A4gt-eine-S/WDR-Fernsehen/Video?bcastId=13618324&documentId=47916764
  4. ↑ Handelsblatt: Local election NRW - Monheim, or: Where the youth now rules.
  5. ^ Rheinische Post, Monheim: PhD student (27) becomes mayor. ( Memento of the original from September 3, 2009 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. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.rp-online.de
  6. ^ Rheinische Post: PhD student (27) becomes mayor in Monheim - "I have respect for the task". ( Memento of the original from September 2, 2009 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. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.rp-online.de
  7. ^ Rheinische Post, Monheim: Zimmermann wants to become mayor. ( Memento of the original from September 10, 2012 in the web archive archive.today ) 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.rp-online.de
  8. ↑ The Monheim phenomenon - Daniel Zimmermann: Student (27) becomes mayor in NRW
  9. ^ Local electoral law in North Rhine-Westphalia
  10. ↑ monheim.de: Mayor election 2014 ( Memento of the original from May 29, 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. , all polling stations counted  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.monheim.de
  11. ↑ a b c Elisabeth Kagermeier: Local politics: Monheim first . In: The time . January 23, 2020, ISSN  0044-2070 ( zeit.de [accessed on January 23, 2020]).
  12. ↑ Birgitta Stauber-Klein: How NRW's youngest mayor made the bankrupt city of Monheim rich. May 13, 2014, accessed January 23, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Carpenter, Daniel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German politician (PETO), Mayor of Monheim am Rhein
DATE OF BIRTH May 3, 1982
PLACE OF BIRTH Dusseldorf