Josef Korsten

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Josef Korsten (born July 1, 1957 in Gevenich near Linnich ) is a German politician ( SPD ). From 1999 to 2015 he was the first full-time mayor of the North Rhine-Westphalian city ​​of Radevormwald .

Life

Josef Korsten grew up in Geilenkirchen . In 1975 he became a member of the SPD. From 1979 to 1987 he was a member of the Geilenkirchen City Council. From 1976 to 1981 he studied social sciences (political science, sociology, economics) and English at RWTH Aachen University with the first state examination. He then worked as a trainee lawyer with the completion of the 2nd state examination. In 1985 he was awarded a Dr. phil. is doing her doctorate with a dissertation on right-wing populism and neoconservatism in today's USA . He then worked at the state parliament of North Rhine-Westphalia as a research assistant for a member of parliament, and from 1987 as a full-time manager for the SPD parliamentary group in the Wuppertal city ​​council. Since 1990 he worked for the city of Radevormwald, where he was first deputy until 1997 , then city ​​director until 1999 .

Mayor's office

The town hall of Radevormwald, 2007

In the mayoral election in Radevormwald on September 12, 1999, he won the first ballot as a candidate of the SPD with 44.29 percent of the vote against five other candidates with a turnout of 57.60 percent. Korsten won the runoff election on September 26, 1999 with 65.28 percent of the vote against Paul Jürgen Hanßen ( CDU ) and a turnout of 46.15 percent, thus taking over the office of Mayor Erni Huckenbeck (CDU). Re-election on September 26, 2004 was won by SPD candidate Korsten with 64.10 percent of the vote against CDU challenger Erni Huckenbeck and the FDP candidate with a turnout of 55.01 percent in the first ballot. In the renewed re-election on August 30, 2009, in which no run-off election was planned, Josef Korsten was confirmed - this time as a single candidate - against four other applicants with 33.50 percent of the vote and a turnout of 57.78 percent. In June 2014, he announced that he would no longer run for the 2015 mayoral election. His successor as Mayor of Radevormwald was Johannes Mans (Alternative List). During his entire tenure as mayor, SPD member Korsten chaired a city council in which the CDU was the strongest parliamentary group.

Web links

  • Josef Korsten on the website of the city of Radevormwald (archive version from September 10, 2015)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ ELECTION 2009: Today Dr. Josef Korsten . Article by Frank Michalczak from 2009 in the Remscheider General-Anzeiger ( Paywall )
  2. ↑ Dr. Josef Korsten (SPD): "... then I see good chances for myself" . Article by Frank Michalczak and Kerstin Neuser from 2004 in the Remscheider General-Anzeiger (no longer online)
  3. ^ Result of the mayoral election in Radevormwald 1999 on radevormwald.de ( PDF ; 148 kB)
  4. ↑ runoff for mayoral election in Radevormwald 1999 on radevormwald.de (PDF; 153 kB)
  5. ↑ List of Radevormwald mayors on stadtnetz-radevormwald.de
  6. ↑ Result of the mayoral election in Radevormwald 2004 on radevormwald.de (PDF; 124 kB)
  7. ↑ Result of the mayoral election in Radevormwald 2009 on radevormwald.de (PDF; 10 kB)
  8. ↑ Korsten is no longer running for election . Article from June 25, 2014 in the Rheinische Post
personal data
SURNAME Korsten, Josef
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German politician (SPD), Mayor of Radevormwald
DATE OF BIRTH July 1, 1957
PLACE OF BIRTH Gevenich (Linnich)