Soeren Benn

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Sören Benn (with wreath) on the occasion of the commemorative events of the 75th anniversary of the liberation from fascism, 2020

Sören Benn (born August 8, 1968 in Kyritz ) is a German local politician ( Die Linke ) from Berlin . Since 2016 he has been the district mayor of the Pankow district of Berlin and at the same time head of the department for culture, finance and human resources in the Pankow district office .

Career

Benn trained as a construction worker with a high school diploma in Potsdam , was also initially active in this profession and was involved in the environmental and peace movement of the Evangelical Church of the GDR . In 1990 he moved to Berlin-Pankow and began studying educational sciences , which he completed with a degree in social education . In the following years he was professionally active in anti-racist youth work , in youth prisons , in integration measures for the unemployed, in work with school refusal and young migrants as well as in youth exchange work. He interrupted this activity to study acting for three years and then to work as an actor for two years .

According to his own statements, he joined the PDS in 2000 because of the Kosovo war and because of the Hartz reforms he began to become more involved in state and district politics. At the suggestion of the PDS, he was elected in 2004 as citizens' deputy in the committee of the district assembly for the Pankow job center . In the 2006 election , he finally became a full member of the Pankow district council, assessor in the BVV board, chairman of the youth welfare committee and youth policy spokesman for the left-wing parliamentary group in the BVV, and from 2008 also chairman of the left Pankow.

In 2011, Benn switched full-time into politics and was initially personal advisor to the mayor and senator for economics, technology and women Harald Wolf , from 2012 then an employee of the Bundestag member Thomas Nord and finally from 2013 advisor for economics and transport of the left-wing parliamentary group in the Berlin House of Representatives . He resigned from the district assembly with the 2011 election .

In the 2016 election he was the left's top candidate for the Pankow District Assembly and at the same time a direct candidate for the Berlin House of Representatives in the Pankow 3 constituency . In his constituency, Benn was narrowly defeated by the SPD candidate Torsten Schneider and therefore did not move into the House of Representatives. In the election for the district assembly, however, the left became the strongest force and could therefore claim the office of district mayor for itself. To this end, the left formed a counting community with the Greens and the SPD in the district council meeting , which Benn elected district mayor Pankows on October 27, 2016. In accordance with the agreement between the parties, in this role he took over the management of the Department of Culture, Finance and Human Resources.

Benn has three children and lives with his family in the Pankow district of Niederschönhausen . He is a member of the United Service Union , the People's Solidarity and the Helle Panke Association ( State Foundation of the Rosa Luxemburg Foundation ).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ulrike Scheffler: Profile of the new mayor of Pankow. In: Tagesspiegel . October 28, 2016. Retrieved November 10, 2016 .
  2. ↑ a b berlin.de: Sören Benn. Retrieved January 1, 2017 .
  3. ↑ a b c Presentation of Sören Benn as the top candidate of the district list of the Left. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on January 1, 2017 ; accessed on January 1, 2017 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.die-linke-pankow.de
  4. ↑ a b Christine Dankbar: That could be Pankow's new mayor. In: Berliner Zeitung . September 27, 2016, accessed January 1, 2017 .
  5. ↑ a b c Candidates for the BVV list of the Left Pankow. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on January 1, 2017 ; accessed on January 1, 2017 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.die-linke-pankow.de
  6. ↑ a b c d Sören Benn's candidacy for the state executive committee of the Left. Retrieved January 1, 2017 .
  7. ^ A b berlin.de: Members of the Pankow District Office. Retrieved January 1, 2017 .
  8. ↑ a b c Presentation of Sören Benn as district chairman of the Left. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on November 10, 2016 ; accessed on November 10, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.die-linke-pankow.de
  9. ^ The State Returning Officer for Berlin: First vote shares of selected parties in the constituency Pankow 3. In: Results of the elections for the House of Representatives 2016. Accessed on January 1, 2017 .
  10. ↑ Left is the strongest parliamentary group in the Pankow district parliament. In: Berliner Abendblatt . September 23, 2016, accessed January 1, 2017 .
  11. ↑ Red-green-red conversations give Sören Benn hope. In: Berliner Abendblatt . October 9, 2016, accessed January 1, 2017 .
  12. ↑ Ulrike Scheffer: Red-green-red conversations give Sören Benn hope. In: Tagesspiegel . October 28, 2016, accessed January 1, 2017 .
  13. ↑ Resolution on the distribution of business and representation regulations for the Pankow district office. October 28, 2016, accessed January 1, 2017 .
  14. ↑ Anja Mia Neumann: Benn wants to close loopholes. In: Prenzlauer Berg News. September 7, 2016, accessed January 1, 2017 .

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personal data
SURNAME Benn, Sören
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German local politician (Die Linke)
DATE OF BIRTH August 8, 1968
PLACE OF BIRTH Kyritz