Elisabeth Koch (politician)

Elisabeth Koch (born September 25, 1962 in Garmisch-Partenkirchen as Elisabeth Rieß ) is a German local politician ( CSU ). From May 1, 2020, she will be the mayor of the Garmisch-Partenkirchen community.

Career

Koch trained as a civil servant in the middle non-technical administrative service at the Garmisch-Partenkirchen market and then made up for the Abitur. 1984 - 1990 she studied law at the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich and graduated in 1990 with the first state examination in law. 1990 - 1993 she completed her traineeship a. a. at the Legal Office of the Bavarian State Parliament . After passing the 2nd state examination in 1993, she was admitted to the Munich Bar Association.

After a family break, Koch resumed her professional activity. In 2000 she founded the law firm Koch and in 2012 the law firm Koch & Langhorst.

Political activity

Elisabeth Koch has been a member of the Garmisch-Partenkirchen municipal council for the CSU since 2008 and was chairwoman of the CSU municipal council. She has been a member of the Garmisch-Partenkirchen district council since 2012 . In the local elections in Bavaria in 2020 , she ran for the mayor's office of the Garmisch-Partenkirchen community and won the runoff election against her predecessor Sigrid Meierhofer ( SPD ) on March 29, 2020 . Koch will take up this position on May 1, 2020.

Topics in the 2020 election campaign

During the election campaign, Koch formulated the following goals for her term of office as mayor: "Listening to the people. Taking the citizens seriously. Relying on understanding and team spirit. Improving living conditions for families. Focusing on the socially responsible development of Garmisch-Partenkirchen. Garmisch-Partenkirchen to Develop strong and fair partners in the region - in tourism, business development, healthcare and energy supply. "

Further memberships

Koch takes on the following activities and memberships as part of her political work:

• Council of Elders of the Garmisch-Partenkirchen market
• Finance committee of the Garmisch-Partenkirchen store
• Supervisory board of the Bayerische Zugspitzbahn AG
• Board member of the municipal company Gemeindewerke Garmisch-Partenkirchen
• Supervisory board of GaPa Tourismus GmbH
• Supervisory board of Longleif GaPa gGmbH
• Supervisory board of TWF Technische Werke Farchant GmbH
• Hospital committee of the Garmisch-Partenkirchen district council
• Supervisory board of the Garmisch-Partenkirchen Clinic

Private

Elisabeth Koch is married and has two children.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d} http://www.csu-gap.de/wahl-2020/e-koch/
2. ↑ https://www.sueddeutsche.de/politik/kommunen-garmisch-partenkirchen-spd-verliert-garmischer-rathaus-neue-csu-buergermeisterin-dpa.urn-newsml-dpa-com-20090101-200329-99-516206
3. ↑ http://www.csu-gap.de/programm/