Sibylle Abel
Sibylle Abel (born April 18, 1956 in Sonneberg , GDR ; † April 26, 2016 there ) was a German local politician ( CDU ). From 1994 until her death she was mayor of the Thuringian city of Sonneberg.
Life
education and profession
Abel grew up in Hönbach . From 1962 to 1972 she attended the Polytechnic Oberschule Sonneberg-West. After completing secondary school , she completed vocational training as a commercial clerk at VEB Elektrokeramische Werke Sonneberg from 1972 to 1974 and worked in the factory from 1974 to 1978 in this profession. From 1975 to 1980 she studied engineering economics at the Sonneberg branch of the Plauen School of Economics. After the fall of the Berlin Wall , from 1991 to 1994 she completed professional training as an administrative specialist at the Weimar Administrative School.
Sibylle Abel worked as a business economist at VVB Spielwaren Sonneberg from 1979 to 1980 . She then worked until 1990 as a labor economist in the VEB Kombinat Spielwaren "Sonni" Sonneberg, which was formed from the VVB .
Abel had been married since 1974 and had one daughter. She died in 2016 after falling in her apartment.
Political career
In 1990 Abel became active in local politics. From 1990 until she was incorporated into Sonneberg in 1994, she was mayor of the municipality of Hönbach , an office to which the Hönbach municipal council had elected her. After the incorporation, Abel, who was politically close to the Liberals, ran for the mayor's office of Sonneberg and won against Siegfried Feller from the CDU. She was always able to win the subsequent mayoral elections. Originally a member of the SED , she joined the FDP in 1992 . In 1999 she switched to the CDU because she no longer wanted to support the line of the FDP. She was mayor until her death in 2016.
Web links
- Official website ( Memento of June 17, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
- CDU: Sibylle Abel wants to govern until 2018 , January 20, 2012, Südthüringen.de
Individual evidence
- ^ Death of the mayor - background and reactions , April 27, 2016, infranken.de
- ↑ WOMEN'S POWER - Having fun in power , April 27, 1998, Focus No. 18
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Abel, Sibylle |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German local politician (CDU) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 18, 1956 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Sonneberg , GDR |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 26, 2016 |
| Place of death | Sonneberg , GDR |