Jens Meyer (politician)

Lord Mayor Jens Meyer

Jens Meyer (* 1970 in Regensburg ) is a German local politician ( SPD ) and, from May 1, 2020, Lord Mayor of the city of Weiden in the Upper Palatinate .

Career

Jens Meyer was born in Regensburg in 1970. In 1971 he moved to the town of Weiden in the Upper Palatinate . In 1988 he began his training with the Bavarian riot police in Würzburg. After several years of civil service in Upper Bavaria and studying at the Bavarian civil service college in Sulzbach-Rosenberg , he returned to his home town of Weiden. Since 2003 he has been responsible for white-collar crime and property crimes at the criminal police . He is the deputy head of the commissariat and holds the rank of chief detective .

In 2002 his political career began in Weiden when he entered the city ​​council . In 2005 he was elected chairman of the SPD's city council group. For 12 years (2008-2019) he held office as 2nd Mayor of the city of Weiden. In the election of the mayor of the city of Weiden on March 15, 2020, he did not achieve the majority required to win the election. With 42.8% for Jens Meyer and 42.1% for his competitor Benjamin Zeitler (CSU) it went into the second ballot. On March 29, 2020, Jens Meyer from the SPD won the runoff election with 51.3% of the vote against Benjamin Zeitler, taking over from Kurt Seggewiß (SPD).

Political objectives

Jens Meyer takes over the office of Lord Mayor from Kurt Seggewiß

Jens Meyer describes himself as a “local politician through and through, also shaped by social democracy” in his application speech as candidate for mayor of the city of Weiden .

Meyer still sees a huge need for investment in education, construction, business, sport and culture. At the same time, he campaigns for the existence of all Weiden primary schools. A quick decision about renovation or new construction or partial construction of the secondary schools as well as the school renovations that have already been announced are important to him. He promises “full steam” with the new building areas on Turnerbund and SV-Detag sites in the Stockerhut district as well as with the revision of the outdated development plans. Weiden has to get involved above all in social housing. The city must help the swimming club with the pool renovation. In his first term of office he wants to finish the new triple gym in Weiden-Ost. Meyer expects strong impulses from the industrial park Weiden-West IV, from the Stadtgalerie NOC and from the Wittgarten cut. Because of the civic engagement, Weiden has great potential to become the cultural capital of the Upper Palatinate.

Web links

• Jens Meyer (SPD) is the new Lord Mayor of Weiden on br.de
• Jens Meyer
• Results of the local elections in the Upper Palatinate on onetz.de
• OB election: Jens Meyer takes over on onetz.de
• Results of the elections on the website of the city of Weiden