Gerd Walther

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Gerd Walther (born April 3, 1970 in Pasewalk ) is a German politician (formerly PDS , Die Linke ). Walther was a member of the state parliament of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania for the PDS from 2002 to 2006 and mayor of the city of Ueckermünde from 2013 to October 31, 2018 . After publicly admitting that he had consumed drugs, he was no longer allowed to perform official business after a decision by the city council since March 14, 2018.

politics

In 1998 Walther founded the regional youth association ROT (z) cheeky, which is close to the PDS, in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, of which he was state spokesman until 2002. In 1999 he was involved in the nationwide founding of the Linksjugend Solid , whose regional structure was later changed to the youth association ROT (z) cheeky.

From 1999 to 2003 he was the first deputy mayor of the Vogelsang-Warsin community . In the state elections in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania in 2002 , he was elected to the state parliament. When his contacts with the Ministry of State Security became known in 2003, he resigned as deputy mayor. In the local elections in 2004 he became mayor of the municipality of Vogelsang-Warsin. In the local elections on June 7th, 2009 he was confirmed in his office as mayor of Vogelsang-Warsin with 83.5%. In October 2009 Gerd Walther ran for the state chairmanship of the Left in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and was defeated by Steffen Bockhahn , who was able to unite 60.7% of the votes. In the state elections in Mecklenburg-West Pomerania in 2006 and in the state elections in Mecklenburg-West Pomerania in 2011 , he ran unsuccessfully for the state parliament.

In 2011, together with Barbara Borchardt , Torsten Koplin and other leading leftists of his regional association, he signed a paper in which the construction of the Berlin Wall was praised and described as " without a reasonable alternative for the tours of the Soviet Union and the GDR". Democratic West Berlin had been used to “destabilize the GDR”. The Iron Curtain stands for "a period of peaceful coexistence in Europe".

In the mayoral election of the city of Ueckermünde on October 7, 2012, Gerd Walther received 43.2% of the votes in the main ballot, ahead of Ernst Heidschmidt (non-party, CDU candidate) with 38.4% and won the runoff on October 21, 2012 with 56 , Enforce 4% against Heidschmidt and was mayor of Ueckermünde since March 1, 2013.

According to drug reports , Walther was suspended as mayor from the city council on March 15, 2018. After resigning from Die Linke, he plans to found the German Peace Party (DFP).

At their meeting on September 27, 2018, Ueckermünde's city representatives retired on October 31 for health reasons. This decision became legally effective on January 15, 2019. In the local elections in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania in 2019 , Walther ran unsuccessfully for the office of honorary mayor of his home community Vogelsang-Warsin .

State Security staff

Due to his political convictions, Walther declared his willingness to work for the Ministry for State Security and on April 15, 1988 committed himself in writing to cooperation. As an unofficial employee (IM) he chose the code name "Thomas Winter". The file contains six handwritten reports from the IM and six meeting reports from the commanding officer . The meetings took place in a conspiratorial apartment. This activity was ended on November 22, 1988 because of the subsequent full-time activity. From September 1, 1988, Walther performed active military service as a non-commissioned officer for the Feliks Dzierzynski Guard Regiment in Berlin , and was thus a full-time employee of the State Security.

Others

On February 25, 2002, he and other colleagues founded the Kulturwerk Altstadt eV in Ueckermünde, which has carried out the annual medieval "Historic Old Town Spectacle" in the Haffstadt ever since.

Walther is openly gay .

literature

  • The State Parliament of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania: Handbook - 4th electoral period 2002-2006 , 1st edition 2003, p. 77.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Template - DS-19/0324 - 1. Information about the determination of the necessity of the election of the full-time mayor of the town of Seebad Ueckermünde 2. Determination of the day of the election and a possible runoff election of the full-time mayor of the town of Seebad Ueckermünde. Retrieved February 10, 2019 .
  2. ↑ AFTER DRUG CONFESSION: Ueckermünde's mayor suspended. March 15, 2019, accessed July 18, 2019 .
  3. ^ PDS deputy with Stasi contact . In: Hamburger Abendblatt . tape 56 , no. 230 , October 2, 2003, ISSN  0949-4618 , p. 6 ( abendblatt.de ).
  4. ↑ Page no longer available , search in web archives: NDR: Bockhahn new head of the Left in the Northeast@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.ndr.de
  5. ↑ Lisa Caspari: uprising of the left Fundis. In: Zeit Online . 4th August 2011 .;
  6. ^ Theses on the 50th anniversary of the Berlin Wall. Retrieved May 19, 2020 .
  7. ^ Gerd Walther elected the new mayor of Ueckermünde. Die Linke, accessed June 6, 2018 .
  8. ^ Christian Johner: Ueckermünde's mayor suspended. Since Thursday evening it has been clear: Ueckermünde's mayor Gerd Walther cannot simply sit out the discussion about his drug use. March 15, 2018, accessed June 6, 2018 .
  9. ↑ Ueckermünder mayor resigned from the party. Retrieved September 21, 2018 .
  10. ↑ Plans to found a party: Gerd Walther starts cleaning handles for a new party | Nordkurier.de . September 19, 2018 ( nordkurier.de [accessed September 21, 2018]).
  11. ↑ Ueckermünde's mayor has to retire | Nordkurier.de . September 27, 2018 ( nordkurier.de [accessed October 3, 2018]).
  12. ↑ Template - DS-19/0324 - 1. Information about the determination of the necessity of the election of the full-time mayor of the town of Seebad Ueckermünde 2. Determination of the day of the election and a possible runoff election of the full-time mayor of the town of Seebad Ueckermünde. Retrieved February 10, 2019 .
  13. ↑ Amt Am Stettiner Haff: https://www.amt-am-stettiner-haff.de/fileadmin/mediapool_amt_stettin/dokumente/pdf/buergerinfo/Wahlen/2019/Vog.-Warsin__endgueltiges_Wahlverbindungen.pdf. Retrieved July 18, 2019 .
  14. ^ Final report of the "Stasi Commission" of the Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania state parliament, printed matter 4/1394. (PDF; 212 kB) pp. 5 and 6 , accessed on June 6, 2018 .
  15. ↑ Benjamin Fischer: A fateful confession. A gay mayor who is said to have consumed drugs - can that be in Western Pomerania? The case divides a small town. In: Ostsee Zeitung. March 14, 2018, accessed January 17, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Walther, Gerd
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German politician (PDS, Die Linke), MdL, Mayor of Ueckermünde, unofficial and full-time employee of the GDR State Security
DATE OF BIRTH 3rd April 1970
PLACE OF BIRTH Pasewalk