Peter Hinze

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Peter Hinze (* 1960 in Duisburg ) is a German local politician of the SPD . He is Mayor of Emmerich am Rhein .

Career

Career

As the son of a Rhine shipper, Hinze first attended secondary school as a teenager . Later he went through the second education path and became a state-certified business IT specialist . As part of his career as a professional soldier in the German Armed Forces , he was a captain in the air force and, until 2015, head of a NATO department in Kalkar . Since 1991 he has lived in Emmerich for professional reasons.

Party career

Hinze joined the SPD in 1999; According to him, he feels "connected to this party from an early age". In 2003 Hinze became chairman of the Emmerich city association of this party, for which he moved into the city council in 2004 and became deputy mayor. He held this office until 2012, when he took over the chairmanship of his group in the city council.

Mayor's office

In 2004 and 2009, Hinze was his party's candidate for mayor, but both times clearly inferior to the incumbent Johannes Diks (CDU). In the third attempt, Hinze was elected to succeed Johannes Diks in September 2015 with the support of Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen and voters of the BGE. In the runoff election , the challenger was 67.22% to 32.78% well ahead of the incumbent, who ultimately failed as CDU mayor on the Neumarkt project. For the first time in over 20 years, an SPD politician became mayor of Emmerich.

In the first year of his tenure, Hinze created and filled the position of a full-time "economic promoter" for the city of Emmerich, which he had already named as one of his priorities when he was sworn in. From October 2018 to July 2019 he temporarily held this office himself. Peter Hinze is standing for re-election in 2020.

Personal

Hinze became known beyond the region for his confessions to his homosexuality as well as to very personal difficulties up to suicidal thoughts as part of his coming-out . Hinze admitted his homosexuality in 2004 when he was still living with his then wife and a son. In September 2017, Hinze married his current husband. The fact that the Münster bishop Felix Genn forbade the church blessing after the pastor of the Catholic Church in Wesel - Bislich had already promised to do so caused a nationwide stir .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b DerWesten - derwesten.de: This is Peter Hinze . ( derwesten.de [accessed on November 26, 2017]).
  2. ↑ Monika Hartjes: Emmerich: SPD: Peter Hinze challenges Johannes Diks. Retrieved November 27, 2017 .
  3. ↑ RP ONLINE: RP topic The mayor candidates: Peter Hinze believes in his chance. Retrieved November 27, 2017 .
  4. ^ Norbert Kohnen: Peter Hinze (SPD) "Administration is not a barracks yard" . ( nrz.de [accessed on November 27, 2017]).
  5. ↑ Norbert Kohnen: Peter Hinze (SPD) is the new mayor in Emmerich . ( derwesten.de [accessed on November 26, 2017]).
  6. ↑ Norbert Kohnen: Terörde new business developers . ( nrz.de [accessed on November 27, 2017]).
  7. ↑ Marco Virgillito: Emmerich's mayor Peter Hinze was sworn in . ( nrz.de [accessed on November 27, 2017]).
  8. ↑ RP ONLINE: Emmerich: Wirtschaftsförderer: Hinze does it temporarily. Retrieved December 18, 2018 .
  9. ↑ Sebastian Peters: Mayor of Emmerich is getting married: Couple of men celebrates marriage in church. Retrieved November 26, 2017 .
  10. ↑ Marco Virgillito: Emmerich's mayor wants to encourage gays and lesbians . ( nrz.de [accessed on November 26, 2017]).
  11. ↑ Gay mayor about his fear of coming out: "I wanted to shoot myself" . In: queer.de . ( queer.de [accessed November 26, 2017]).
  12. ↑ RP ONLINE: Emmerich: Hinze wedding: 'Bishop should have shown courage'. Retrieved November 26, 2017 .
personal data
SURNAME Hinze, Peter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German politician (SPD), Mayor of Emmerich am Rhein
DATE OF BIRTH 1960
PLACE OF BIRTH Duisburg