Patrick de La Lanne

Patrick de La Lanne.

Patrick de La Lanne-Mirrlees (born February 10, 1962 in San Francisco , USA ) is a German politician ( non-party ). From November 2006 to October 2014 he was Lord Mayor of Delmenhorst . In November 2013 he resigned from the SPD on charges of a lack of internal party democracy when selecting candidates .

Family, education and work

Patrick de La Lanne was born on February 10, 1962 in San Francisco , USA . His parents are Margarethe Duchess of Württemberg (1928–2017) and Robin de La Lanne-Mirrlees (1925–2012). He did not grow up with his birth parents, but with his foster mother Charlotte Zaubzer (1911 to 2007) in Oldenburg .

In 1981 he obtained the general higher education entrance qualification (Abitur) at the old grammar school in Oldenburg and then studied law and political science at the Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg . During his studies he worked as a press officer for the Young Socialists at U-AstA and in 1985 as a lecturer at the University of Zululand in South Africa . He passed the first state examination in law in 1989 in Freiburg im Breisgau . He completed his legal clerkship from 1989 to 1992 in Berlin with a branch in Bombay , India , and graduated in June 1992 with the second state examination in law. He acquired the qualification as a specialist lawyer for labor law .

From 1993 to 1995 de La Lanne was managing director of the Indo-German Chamber of Commerce in New Delhi , India . As an authorized signatory , he headed the foreign trade department of the Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania sales promotion company in Rostock from 1995 to 1999 . From 1999 to 2006 he was department head for urban development and economic development in the city of Emden .

De La Lanne has worked as a lawyer since he left the office of mayor. His focus is on international real estate and inheritance law with a focus on Great Britain and France. As the successor to his late father Robin de La Lanne-Mirrlees, he manages the family-owned Great Bernera archipelago in Scotland. In Bulgaria, the lawyer worked on the termination of the long-standing court proceedings concerning the claims of the Bulgarian state against members of the Württemberg family and him for repatriation and the like. a. of the Vrana Palace. The Republic of Bulgaria had asserted claims for restitution in court from these persons and the former Prime Minister Simeon Sakskoburggotski as descendants of the former Bulgarian King Ferdinand

politics

Patrick de La Lanne was elected Lord Mayor of the City of Delmenhorst on September 29, 2006 with 72.3 percent of the votes cast for the SPD and began his eight-year term on November 1, 2006. He advocates a “moderate austerity policy” in budget consolidation and criticized the Growth Acceleration Act as it restricts the financial leeway of the municipalities and thus endangers the social infrastructure. He also rejected the privatization of city-owned facilities and businesses in 2010, arguing as follows: “Problems are not solved with privatization, but mostly created anew. Privatization also always means generating returns for the investor ”.

De La Lanne became known nationwide through the purchase of the hotel at Stadtpark, which the private owner wanted to sell to the lawyer of the neo-Nazi politician Jürgen Rieger in order to set up a training center for right-wing extremists . Citizens of Delmenhorst and other private individuals donated around one million euros, making the purchase possible for the city. “The city would have been paralyzed if the Nazis had settled here. We fought against a political enemy ", summed up de La Lanne and emphasized the civic engagement, which was unique in Germany" across all party lines ". The hotel was demolished in March 2009 and its prominently located building site, with the support of de La Lanne, was part of the planned "Graftbogen" area along the urban park "Graft", which also includes the largest North German pool project in recent years, the Grafttherme , which was completed in 2011 . Other projects during his tenure are the redesign of the market square and the renovation of the listed market hall by the architect Heinz Stoffregen as well as the construction of a shopping center on the city wall.

Patrick de La Lanne supports the “Delmenhorster Prevention Modules”, a concept for the early fight against child poverty and social grievances.

After internal party quarrels about the selection of the candidate for the next mayoral election, he announced his resignation from the SPD on November 19, 2013 after 31 years of membership . In his place, Axel Jahnz nominated as a candidate for the election of the Mayor of Delmenhorst in 2014 . Patrick de La Lanne resigned from the mayor's office of the city of Delmenhorst on October 31, 2014.

Other offices

Patrick de La Lanne has been a member of the supervisory board of Stadtwerke Delmenhorst (SWD) since 2006 , where he was chairman until September 2010. From 2008 to 2009 he was a member of the supervisory board of Stadtwerke Bremen (swb). The city council of Delmenhorst then refused the mayor approval to participate in the swb supervisory board.

He is also a member of the association assembly of the Oldenburg district association, the administrative board and the administrative assembly of the Landessparkasse zu Oldenburg as well as the administrative board and the association assembly of EWE.

De La Lanne was deputy state chairman of the Social Democratic Community for Local Politics (SGK) until he left the party .

Publications

"Establishing a company in Germany and India", published by the Federal Office for Foreign Trade Information

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Obituary: Count Robin de la Lanne-Mirrlees. In: Telegraph.co.uk , June 25, 2012, accessed February 18, 2013.
2. ↑ https://www.mediapool.bg/rodninite-na-sakskoburggotski-se-ottegliha-ot-deloto-za-tsarskite-gori-news290867.html
3. ↑ https://m.24chasa.bg/novini/article/7341499 https://www.168chasa.bg/article/7342184  
4. ↑ “The political climate is extremely factual” . In: Delmenhorster Kreisblatt , July 9, 2010; “Pursue a moderate austerity policy”. In: Delmenhorster Kurier , December 21, 2009.
5. ↑ "Good communal cooperation". In: Delmenhorster Kreisblatt , January 25, 2010.
6. ↑ "Privatization also always means returns".  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. In: Nordwest-Zeitung , July 3, 2010.  
7. ↑ "We are rid of the Nazis". In: Der Tagesspiegel , December 22, 2006; "Citizens prevent right-wing training in Delmenhorst". In: Evangelical Press Service Lower Saxony Bremen , December 21, 2006.
8. ↑ "Nazis blown off - what to do with the hotel". In: Hannoversche Allgemeine Zeitung , December 22, 2006.
9. ↑ Philipp Neumann: Delmenhorst and the neo-Nazis: Last chapter in the embarrassing dispute over a hotel , welt.de, March 21, 2009, accessed on December 2, 2011
10. ↑ "Great developments that will shape our city".  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. In: Delmenhorster Kreisblatt , December 31, 2008.  
11. ^ Website of the project at the University of Oldenburg.
12. ↑ Andreas D. Becker: Axel Jahnz fights for the SPD for the office of mayor. In: Weser-Kurier , December 2, 2013.