Michael Buhre
Michael Buhre (born March 28, 1961 in Rahden in the Minden-Lübbecke district ) is a German local politician ( SPD ) and was mayor of the East Westphalian city of Minden from October 13, 2004 to October 22, 2015 .
Life
After graduating from high school in Minden, Herder-Gymnasium , he studied sociology at Bielefeld University . From 1987 he studied as part of his training in the higher non-technical service at the University of Applied Sciences for Public Administration in Bielefeld ; there he graduated with a degree in administrative management (FH) . Since 1990 he has been working in the administration of the city of Minden, initially in the social welfare office , from 1997 as a project manager for administrative reform and then in school development . On September 26, 2013, he announced that he would not be available for another term of office for private reasons and that he would give up the mayor's office after his term of office in 2015 had expired.
Michael Buhre is married, has three sons and lives in Minden.
Political party
In 1978 Michael Buhre became a member of the SPD under the influence of the policies of the social-liberal coalition and in particular because of the policies of the then SPD chairman Willy Brandt for global peace and development policy. First he got involved with the young socialists and was also the spokesman for the Juso sub-district of Minden-Lübbecke. At the party level of the SPD, he was active on the boards of the SPD local associations in Hahlen, Bärenkämpen and Minden. Michael Buhre has been a member of the board of the SPD sub-district Minden-Lübbecke for twenty years, initially as a representative of the Jusos and later as deputy chairman. Since 2001 he has been chairman of the sub-district of the SPD in Minden-Lübbecke.
Public offices
Michael Buhre became the next mayor of Reinhard Korte (CDU) and thus the first mayor in Minden according to the new municipal code of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia on October 10, 2004, directly elected by the citizens as mayor. He received 58.72% of the vote in a runoff election. As mayor, Michael Buhre was head of the Minden city administration and chairman of the Minden City Council and the main committee. On August 30, 2009, he was re-elected as the incumbent mayor with 48.56% of the vote, and thus chaired the Minden City Council until 2015. On September 13th, he did not run for mayoral election. His successor is Michael Jäcke , SPD candidate.
Associations and associations
Michael Buhre is a member of the local association Minden of the Arbeiterwohlfahrt , the trade union ver.di , the SJD-Die Falken , the Kinderschutzbund eV and the Verkehrsclub Deutschland eV
Other offices and functions
As mayor of the city of Minden, Michael Buhre held numerous part-time and honorary offices and functions. He was a member of the association assembly of the Sparkasse Minden-Lübbecke and chairman of the administrative board of the municipal savings bank. As mayor, he was a member of the supervisory board of the municipal development and economic development company in Mindenen, as well as a member of the shareholders' meeting of Minden Marketing GmbH. He was a member of the advisory boards of E.ON Westfalen Weser AG and the E.ON Regional Advisory Board North. In the non-profit "Stiftung Sparkasse Minden-Lübbecke" he was chairman of the board of trustees, also in the association "Forschungsschwerpunkt Bauen Energie Umwelt-Technologietransfer (BEU) Minden eV", in the "Stiftung Hansehaus" and in the " Verein Schiffmühle eV " Board of Directors. According to a tradition that has existed for centuries, Michael Buhre was the mayor of the city of Minden as the "supreme employer" of the Minden citizen battalion .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Mindener Tageblatt: Top news: Buhre does not want to run again ( Memento of the original from October 2, 2013 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. , accessed September 28, 2013.
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Reinhard Korte |
Mayor of Minden 2004 - 2015 |
Michael Jäcke |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Buhre, Michael |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German politician (SPD) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 28, 1961 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Rahden |