Helmut Etschenberg

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Helmut Etschenberg (born June 20, 1947 in Aachen ) is a German local politician of the CDU and former municipal councilor of the urban region of Aachen , North Rhine-Westphalia . He is married and has two children. Etschenberg is involved in several associations at local and regional level, including as chairman of the German Red Cross local association Monschau .

Professional and political career

In 1968 Etschenberg first entered the upper class and, after completing his evening studies, became a municipal civil servant in 1973 in the higher administrative service of the former district of Aachen . In 1978 he moved to the city of Monschau, initially as 1st alderman; In 1979 he was elected city ​​director by the local city council. He stayed in this office for 14 years until he returned to the Aachen district in 1993 as elected district director and department head for social affairs, youth and schools. He remained in these offices until he was elected to the first municipal council of the newly created urban region of Aachen in the 2009 municipal elections . Because of this function, Helmut Etschenberg became Chairman of the Administrative Board of Sparkasse Aachen on January 29, 2010 . On June 15, 2014, he won the runoff election to the city council against the SPD candidate Christiane Karl with 52.2% and a turnout of 22.22%.

On June 20, 2018, over breakfast on the occasion of his 71st birthday, he announced his early retirement at the end of the year. Even close party friends were surprised by the decision of the city council. Tim Grüttemeier became his successor on January 1, 2019 .

Individual evidence

  1. Biography of Helmut Etschenberg. (No longer available online.) Aachen city region, archived from the original on April 19, 2017 ; Retrieved April 18, 2016 . 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.staedteregion-aachen.de
  2. Sparkasse Aachen: Annual Report 2010 ( Memento of the original from October 21, 2012 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. (pdf) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.sparkasse-aachen.de
  3. Helmut Etschenberg remains head of the city region Archivlink ( Memento of the original from June 17, 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. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.wochenspiegellive.de
  4. City councilor Helmut Etschenberg gives up his office
  5. Six applicants for the Etschenberg successor