Gerd Schwandner

Gerd Schwandner, 2008

Fritz Gerd Schwandner (born May 22, 1951 in Göppingen ) is a German surgeon and non-party politician , from 2006 to 2014 he was Lord Mayor of Oldenburg .

biography

education and profession

Schwandner studied medicine from 1971 to 1976 and also education , German and art history at the Heinrich Heine University in Düsseldorf and the Ruprecht Karls University in Heidelberg . In 1976 Gerd Schwandner passed his medical state examination. In 1977 he was promoted to Dr. med. PhD . He worked at the Surgical University Clinic in Heidelberg and at the Municipal Hospital in Pforzheim until he switched to politics in 1984. From 1985 to 1991 he was teaching at the University of Osnabrück .

politics

State Parliament of Baden-Württemberg

Schwandner was a member of the FDP in the 1970s . He joined the Green Party in the 1980s, but left in 2005. He became a member of the state parliament of Baden-Württemberg in 1984 and was re-elected in 1988 . For six years he had been deputy leader of the Greens.

State Council in Bremen

In 1992 he was appointed to the State Council of the Senator for Culture and the Integration of Foreigners in the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen as a representative of Senator Helga Trüpel (B'90 / Greens). He remained a State Councilor until 1995.

Managing director, professor

In 1995 Schwandner became managing director of the ZKM (Center for Art and Media Technology) Karlsruhe. In March 2000, he switched to a professorship for International Management & Marketing Strategies at the Karlsruhe University of Applied Sciences . According to media reports, he got this position at the instigation of the Baden-Württemberg Ministry of Science. He was visiting lecturer at various universities in Germany and abroad.

Lord Mayor of Oldenburg

In the Mayor elections in Oldenburg in 2006, Schwandner was able to just beat Dietmar Schütz ( SPD ) as a non-party candidate for the CDU with the promise to prevent the construction of the ECE “ Schlosshöfe ” shopping center in Oldenburg. After being elected mayor, Gerd Schwandner said he was unable to keep this promise because the contractual penalty negotiated by his predecessor Schütz and the refusal of the Chamber of Industry and Commerce to locate the Swedish furniture store IKEA in the event that it had not been built would have resulted in more disadvantages for the city than a modified building . The Greens accused Schwandner of electoral fraud and then ended cooperation in the coalition that had just been formed. A voting initiative by the Greens, SPD, FDP, Die Linke and the voting community for Oldenburg failed because the CDU was united behind Schwandner.

Honors

The Chinese city of Xi'an made Gerd Schwandner an honorary citizen in 2013.

Web links

Website by Gerd Schwandner

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b the daily newspaper : Oldenburg OB wobbles. A blender's career . February 22, 2009.
^ The daily newspaper : Coalition in Oldenburg: Black-Green Nightmare on the Hunte . May 7, 2008.
↑ Chinese metropolis honors the merits of OB for economic and social development. Retrieved May 18, 2013 .

predecessor	Office	successor
Dietmar Schütz	Mayor of Oldenburg 2006-2014	Jürgen Krogmann

personal data
SURNAME	Schwandner, Gerd
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Schwandner, Fritz Gerd (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German doctor and politician (FDP, Greens, non-party), MdL
DATE OF BIRTH	May 22, 1951
PLACE OF BIRTH	Goeppingen

[taz2202-1] the daily newspaper : Oldenburg OB wobbles. A blender's career . February 22, 2009.

[2] The daily newspaper : Coalition in Oldenburg: Black-Green Nightmare on the Hunte . May 7, 2008.

[3] Chinese metropolis honors the merits of OB for economic and social development. Retrieved May 18, 2013 .