Harald Zanker

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Harald Zanker (* 1964 in Mühlhausen / Thuringia ) is a German politician ( SPD ). He has been the district administrator of the Unstrut-Hainich district since 1994 .

Life

Zanker grew up as the son of a miner and a worker and was raised Roman Catholic. He completed his training as an electronics technician and became a member of the SED at the age of 18 . In the local elections in the GDR in 1989 he was elected mayor of Kaisershagen near Mühlhausen. After the political change , Zanker, who has since left the SED, was confirmed in office in the local elections in 1990 . In 1992 he joined the SPD. Since the election in 1994, in which he replaced the incumbent at the time helpful Reinhold (CDU), he has been the district administrator of the Unstrut-Hainich district . At that time, at the age of 30, he was the youngest district administrator in Germany and the only SPD district administrator in Thuringia.

In the local elections in 2000, 2006, 2012 and 2018 , Zanker was re-elected as district administrator. On July 15, 2013, the Weimar Administrative Court declared Zanker's third re-election in 2012 to be invalid because it saw the election campaign support by local mayors as a violation of the electoral law. The Weimar Higher Administrative Court overturned this judgment in November 2014.

On August 17, 2017, Zanker was proposed by the SPD state chairman Andreas Bausewein for the newly created post of State Secretary for the Thuringia regional reform in 2018 and 2019 . However, four days later he resigned from the post.

Since April 2013 Zanker has been married to elementary school teacher Claudia Zanker, who has been the district chairman of the SPD in the Unstrut-Hainich district since 2016.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Elmar Otto: Election 2012 (8): competitive leadership positions in the Hainich district. Thüringische Landeszeitung, April 19, 2013, accessed on September 6, 2017 .
  2. ↑ a b c d e Martin Debes: After the annulment judgment, Hainich District Administrator Zanker wants to fight. Thüringer Allgemeine, July 17, 2013, accessed on September 6, 2017 .
  3. ↑ a b District Administrator Zanker is to become State Secretary for Territorial Reform - criticism from CDU. Thüringer Allgemeine, August 17, 2017, accessed on September 6, 2017 .
  4. ↑ Rainer Schmalzl, Hanno Müller: The court decides: the election of the Mühlhausen district administrator is invalid. Thüringer Allgemeine, July 16, 2013, accessed on September 6, 2017 .
  5. ↑ Election contests in the Unstrut-Hainich district and Greiz unsuccessful. Focus Online, November 27, 2014, accessed September 6, 2017 .
  6. ^ Claudia Bachmann: Territorial reform: Harald Zanker will not become a State Secretary. Thüringer Allgemeine, August 21, 2017, accessed on September 6, 2017 .
  7. ^ Matthias Schenke: District Administrator Harald Zanker got married. Thüringer Allgemeine, April 6, 2013, accessed on September 6, 2017 .
  8. ↑ Claudia Zanker was elected district chairwoman. SPD Unstrut-Hainich-Kreis, February 21, 2016, accessed on November 11, 2017 .
personal data
SURNAME Zanker, Harald
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German politician (SPD)
DATE OF BIRTH 1964
PLACE OF BIRTH Mühlhausen / Thuringia