Paul Larue

Paul Larue (born March 28, 1956 in Niederau ) has been mayor of the city of Düren in North Rhine-Westphalia since 1999 . He is also active in various functions at the German Association of Cities .

Education and early employment

Larue graduated from high school at Wirteltor Düren in 1975 . He then completed a degree in history , Catholic theology and educational science at the University of Cologne and the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn . He passed his state examination in Cologne . He then headed the Catholic Education Center in the Düren region in the Aachen diocese for 15 years .

Political career

After graduating from high school, Larue joined the CDU . In 1984 he became a competent citizen in the youth welfare committee of the city of Düren. In 1989 he was elected to the Düren city council. From 1994 to 1999 he was chairman of the CDU city council group.

Larue has been the full-time mayor of his hometown since September 26, 1999. At that time he prevailed in a runoff election with 54.64% of the vote against his predecessor Josef Vosen ( SPD ). In the local elections on September 26, 2004 , he ran again and received 60.19% of the vote, defending his post against Barthel Labenz (SPD) and four other candidates. With the local elections in 2009 on August 30, 2009, in which he prevailed with 62.73% of the votes against Henner Schmidt (SPD) and Verena Schloemer ( Greens ), Larue began his third term as Mayor of Düren. Most recently, in the election on September 13, 2015, he won 64% of the vote (with around 36% turnout ) against Elisabeth Koschorreck (“Ampel plus”) and Bernd Essler ( AfD ).

On October 1, 2019, Larue stated that after 20 years in office , he would no longer run in the local elections on September 13, 2020 .

Other offices

Larue was elected to the board of the North Rhine-Westphalia City Council at the general meeting in Wuppertal in 2008. This body sent him to the main committee of the German Association of Cities in September 2014 . At its meeting in Hamburg on September 26, 2015, the main committee of the German Association of Cities elected the Mayor of Düren to the presidium and thus to the highest body of the municipal umbrella organization. In Pirna , Larue was elected chairman of the committee for medium-sized cities of the German Association of Cities in September 2018.

Larue also holds other offices in municipal institutions and associations such as the Heinrich-Böll-Haus Langenbroich eV.

Awards

In August 2020, Larue was awarded the Ring of Honor by Düren's Austrian partner municipality Altmünster .

Private

Larue has been married since 1979. He has three children and four grandchildren.

Works

Paul Larue, Burgau Castle and its history, 1981, published by the St. Cyriakus Schützenbruderschaft Niederau-Krauthausen

Web links

Commons : Paul Larue - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Portrait on the website of the city of Düren

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g CV and political career. City of Düren, accessed on August 18, 2020 .
^ City of Düren runoff election for the mayor. KDVZ Frechen, September 26, 1999, accessed on September 13, 2015 .
^ City of Düren election of the mayor. KDVZ Frechen, September 26, 2004, accessed on September 13, 2015 .
↑ Mayoral election of the city of Düren. Regio IT Elections, August 30, 2009, accessed September 13, 2015 .
↑ Mayoral election of the city of Düren. Regio IT Elections, September 13, 2015, accessed on September 13, 2015 .
↑ Larue stops. Radio Rur , October 1, 2019, accessed on August 17, 2020 .
^ Members of the board of the North Rhine-Westphalian Association of Cities after the General Assembly in 2008 in Wuppertal. (PDF) City Council of North Rhine-Westphalia, 2008, accessed on August 18, 2020 .
↑ ^a ^b City Day up to date. (PDF) German Association of Cities, December 2015, accessed on August 18, 2020 .
↑ Düren names. Dürener Illustrierte, October 2018, accessed on August 18, 2020 .
↑ List of sideline and other activities of Mayor Paul Larue. City of Düren, February 26, 2020, accessed on August 18, 2020 .
↑ Altmünster awards ring of honor to Düren's mayor Paul Larue. City of Düren, August 17, 2020, accessed on August 17, 2020 .

personal data
SURNAME	Larue, Paul
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German Mayor
DATE OF BIRTH	March 28, 1956
PLACE OF BIRTH	Niederau , Germany

[Lebenslauf-1] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g CV and political career. City of Düren, accessed on August 18, 2020 .

[2] City of Düren runoff election for the mayor. KDVZ Frechen, September 26, 1999, accessed on September 13, 2015 .

[3] City of Düren election of the mayor. KDVZ Frechen, September 26, 2004, accessed on September 13, 2015 .

[4] Mayoral election of the city of Düren. Regio IT Elections, August 30, 2009, accessed September 13, 2015 .

[5] Mayoral election of the city of Düren. Regio IT Elections, September 13, 2015, accessed on September 13, 2015 .

[6] Larue stops. Radio Rur , October 1, 2019, accessed on August 17, 2020 .

[7] Members of the board of the North Rhine-Westphalian Association of Cities after the General Assembly in 2008 in Wuppertal. (PDF) City Council of North Rhine-Westphalia, 2008, accessed on August 18, 2020 .

[DST-8] City Day up to date. (PDF) German Association of Cities, December 2015, accessed on August 18, 2020 .

[9] Düren names. Dürener Illustrierte, October 2018, accessed on August 18, 2020 .

[10] List of sideline and other activities of Mayor Paul Larue. City of Düren, February 26, 2020, accessed on August 18, 2020 .

[11] Altmünster awards ring of honor to Düren's mayor Paul Larue. City of Düren, August 17, 2020, accessed on August 17, 2020 .