Renate Offergeld

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Renate Offergeld (born December 25, 1950 in Bad Münstereifel ) is a German local politician . She has been the mayor of Wachtberg ( North Rhine-Westphalia ) since 2014 .

Education and professional career

Renate Offergeld went to school in Bad Münstereifel and Euskirchen. She worked in a company after school and later in a law firm.

Then Offergeld was Minister-Secretary for Egon Bahr , Marie Schlei and Hans Matthöfer in Bonn for 13 years . This activity prompted her to become a member of the SPD . After parental leave, Offergeld worked from 1988 to 2013 as an office manager in a law firm in Bad Münstereifel.

Political career

From 1999 to 2014 she was a council member of the city of Wachtberg, and since 2004 she has been the deputy mayor of the city. On April 25, 2014, Renate Offergeld was the first woman and the first time an SPD member to be elected mayor. Offergeld is the successor to Theo Hüffel ( CDU ) and clearly prevailed against her competitor Hartmut Beckschäfer ( CDU ) in the runoff election with 56.1 to 43.9 percent .

Topics of their communal activities are senior citizens, new citizens, youth, clubs / customs, infrastructure / retail / transport, development of an industrial area.

Offergeld was again put up for mayoral election in 2020.

Social engagement and private matters

In 1997 Offergeld founded the association for the promotion of youth work in Villip eV The association succeeded in building a youth house, which was inaugurated in 2006. Offergeld is also a member of numerous sponsorship associations.

Offergeld is married and has two grown children and grandchildren.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. GA BONN: Mayor candidate Renate Offergeld (SPD): An open ear for the citizens. May 14 , 2020 , accessed March 26, 2020 .
  2. ^ Renate Offergeld: Vita - Renate Offergeld for Wachtberg. Retrieved on August 25, 2020 (German).
  3. ^ Wachtberg community. Current view: Renate Offergeld is Wachtberg's new mayor. June 17, 2014, accessed August 25, 2020 .
  4. ^ GA BONN: Local elections in Wachtberg: Renate Offergeld is the mayor of Wachtberg. June 15, 2014, accessed March 26, 2020 .
  5. ^ SPD Wachtberg: Our mayor. September 15, 2014, accessed on March 27, 2020 (German).
  6. Silke Elbern. Generalanzeiger: Mayor election in Wachtberg: Renate Offergeld is opting for a second term. February 9, 2020, accessed August 25, 2020 .