Oliver Hedgehog
Oliver Igel (born April 9, 1978 in Berlin ) is a German local politician ( SPD ). He is the district mayor of the Berlin district of Treptow-Köpenick .
Igel grew up in the Berlin district of Köpenick . After high school he graduated from in 1997 the military service at the Infantry Battalion 1 of the Bundeswehr , before studying at the University of Berlin in the subjects of Modern German Literature , Modern History and Political Science recorded. He completed this in 2004 with a Magister Artium . Igel wrote his master's thesis on comic prose during the peaceful revolution in 1989 . During his studies he worked as a freelancer for the Berliner Zeitung between 2001 and 2003 . For seven years Igel also worked in the foundation for coming to terms with the SED dictatorship . In 2009 he became a research associate and office manager of the SPD member of the Bundestag Hans-Joachim Hacker .
After the elections for the district assembly in 2001, Igel became the cultural policy spokesman and deputy parliamentary group leader of the SPD in the district assembly in Treptow-Köpenick. Since 2006 he has been chairman of the SPD parliamentary group there. In a counting community with the votes of the SPD, CDU and Greens , Igel was elected on October 27, 2011 as the youngest district mayor of Berlin for Treptow-Köpenick. He is also responsible for the human resources, finance, economy and real estate department in his district.
Igel is involved in the fight against right-wing extremism, which is strongly represented in his district ( Schöneweide ), and has made unpopular decisions such as: B. the ban on barbecuing in Treptower Park . He campaigns against night flights and for changed flight routes to Berlin-Schönefeld Airport.
The politician lives with his partner Ellen Haußdörfer (SPD-BVV member) in Köpenick. Their son was born on August 31, 2013.
Publications
- Did the GDR really exist? The depiction of the SED state in comical prose about the “Wende”. The other publishing house, Tönning u. a. 2005, ISBN 3-89959-312-X .
- (Editor :) The SPD in Köpenick and Treptow between 1945 and 1989. Self-published, SPD district Treptow-Köpenick, Berlin 2008.
- (Developed for the Federal Foundation for the Processing of the SED Dictatorship ) Education catalog: SED dictatorship and German division. Materials for school and extracurricular educational work. Newsreel, Schwalbach / Ts. 2009, ISBN 978-3-89974-517-7 .
- (Collaboration, foreword and contribution :) Heimatverein Köpenick eV (Ed.): From Copnick to Köpenick - new forays through its history. (= Series of publications of the Heimatverein Köpenick eV Vol. 4). Trafo, Berlin 2014, ISBN 978-3-86465-036-9 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Marina Mai: Youngest Mayor of Berlin. The ambitious one. In: die taz , May 15, 2012.
- ↑ R. Gorny: Berlin's youngest mayor: Mr. Igel, how prickly is your policy? In: Berliner Kurier , October 21, 2011.
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SURNAME | Hedgehog, Oliver |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German politician (SPD), District Mayor of Berlin-Treptow-Koepenick |
DATE OF BIRTH | April 9, 1978 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin |