Markus Ewald

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Markus Ewald at the Welfenfest in Weingarten, July 2013

Markus Ewald (born June 20, 1964 in Villingen ) is a German business economist and local politician. He is Lord Mayor of Weingarten (Württemberg) .

Life

The son of the administrative officer Falko Ewald - who was building department in Weingarten from 1995 to 2001 - grew up in Bad Urach and studied business administration in Reutlingen and Reims after completing high school and military service . Ewald then worked for the Treuhandanstalt in Berlin, Lufthansa and ABB .

In 2004 he applied - against the re-running incumbent - for the mayor's office of his hometown Bad Urach and was elected mayor for eight years in the first ballot with 56.8% of the votes. He held the office for four years until he was elected as Lord Mayor of Weingarten as the successor to Gerd Gerber, who did not stand again due to old age . In the first ballot, he was able to prevail against candidates from the CDU and SPD with 54.9% of the vote as a non-party applicant. In 2016 he was re-elected for a further eight years with 73.5% of the votes cast.

In 2010, Ewald entered into a registered partnership with his long-term partner .

In a traffic accident on December 14, 2018 on Bundesstraße 30 near Achstetten , Ewald was seriously injured as a passenger in a car. During his stay in a rehabilitation clinic in April 2019, he announced to the public that he was expected to be permanently dependent on a wheelchair. He resumed his work as Lord Mayor in November 2019.

Web links

Commons : Markus Ewald  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Many fathers have won an election ( memento of the original from April 2, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.echt-gut.de 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; 506 kB), advertising brochure from Echt-gut! Election marketing
  2. ↑ Markus Ewald wants to become mayor , Schwäbische Zeitung, April 29, 2008
  3. ↑ Sensation in Weingarten: Markus Ewald becomes the new mayor. (No longer available online.) Schwäbische Zeitung , June 15, 2008, formerly in the original ; accessed on December 19, 2018 : "Markus Erwald receives 54.9 percent of the vote"
  4. ↑ Mayor election 2016: Markus Ewald remains Lord Mayor of Weingarten , website of the city of Weingarten, accessed on June 13, 2016
  5. ↑ Markus Ewald got married , Schwäbische Zeitung, August 27, 2010
  6. ↑ https://www.swp.de/suedwesten/staedte/metzingen/ob-weingarten-markus-ewald-zurueck-im-amt-elf-monate-nach-schweren-unfall-40725142.html
personal data
SURNAME Ewald, Markus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German local politician, Lord Mayor of Weingarten
DATE OF BIRTH June 20, 1964
PLACE OF BIRTH Villingen