Manfred Reim

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Manfred Reim (* 1944 in Fürstenwalde / Spree ) is a former German politician ( FDP until 2014) and teacher. From 1990 to 2010 he was mayor of the city of Fürstenwalde / Spree.

Life and first political engagement

Reim worked professionally as a teacher in Fürstenwalde. Since 1979 he had been a member of the city council as a member of the GDR bloc party NDPD , which in 1990 merged with the LDPD to form the Bund Free Democrats (BFD) and later became part of the FDP.

Mayor of Fürstenwalde

In 1990 Reim was elected mayor of the then district town of Fürstenwalde / Spree by the city council, succeeding the last SED / PDS mayor Reinhold Schmidt . In 1993 and 2002 he was directly elected mayor. He held this position until 2010. His successor was the former treasurer and deputy mayor of the city, Hans-Ulrich Hengst . From 2011 to 2014 Reim was chairman of the FDP local branch in Fürstenwalde. In 2014 he left the FDP.

Criminal investigation and civil lawsuit over the sins-swap deals

In October 2019 it became known that the Potsdam Public Prosecutor's Office had initiated criminal investigations against Manfred Reim and his successor Hans-Ulrich Hengst on suspicion of infidelity in a particularly serious case. The investigations are currently (07/2020) still ongoing. In addition, the city council of Fürstenwalde / Spree decided in November 2019 against ex-mayor Manfred Reim (FDP), against ex-treasurer / ex-mayor Hengst and ex-treasurer Dr. Eckhard Fehse ( SPD ) has filed a lawsuit to assert "damage worth millions" resulting from the sins-swap transactions concluded in 2007.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Bettina Winkler: Manfred Reim has left the FDP. In: Märkische Oderzeitung . September 10, 2014, accessed January 16, 2016 .
  2. ↑ Investigations by the public prosecutor against Reim und Hengst
  3. ↑ City files lawsuit against former mayor, accessed on July 20, 2020.
personal data
SURNAME Rhyme, Manfred
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German politician (FDP) and teacher
DATE OF BIRTH 1944
PLACE OF BIRTH Fürstenwalde / Spree