Sonja Leidemann

Sonja Leidemann (born April 16, 1960 in Winz - Niederwenigern , today Hattingen ) is a German local politician ( SPD ) and mayor of the city of Witten .

Life

Sonja Leidemann went to the Luisenschule Essen and then studied history and political science at the Ruhr University in Bochum . She later completed a part-time course in the graduate course in Organizational Psychology in Dortmund. Sonja Leidemann is married and has two children.

Leidemann has been a party member of the SPD since 1986. From 1998 to 2004 she was the director of the VHS Witten / Wetter / Herdecke . She has been the mayor of the city of Witten since the local elections in 2004.

Mayoral election 2015 and party exclusion process

For the mayoral election on September 13, 2015, Leidemann ran as a single candidate after the SPD had not nominated her, but the first alderman Frank Schweppe as a candidate. In response to her candidacy against the established by his own party candidate of the SPD local association Witten-Heven requested the expulsion from the party of Sonja Leidemann for party-destructive behavior. This request was granted by the arbitration tribunal of the SPD sub-district Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis .

Leidemann appealed several times against their exclusion from the party. The Federal Arbitration Commission ultimately overturned the decisions of the lower courts after Leidemann had won the mayoral election.

Web links

Commons : Sonja Leidemann - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Website at the city of Witten
sonja-leidemann.de - Website from Sonja Leidemann on the mayoral election campaign 2015

Individual evidence

↑ Mayoral election in Witten. The candidates. WAZ, September 13, 2015, accessed January 10, 2017 .
↑ Jürgen Augstein: SPD Witten-Heven wants to throw the mayor out of the party . ( waz.de [accessed June 8, 2018]).
^ Witten mayor Sonja Leidemann excluded from the SPD. WAZ , accessed January 10, 2017 .
^ Witten: Mayor excluded from the party. WDR , archived from the original on December 22, 2015 ; accessed on January 10, 2017 .
↑ Jürgen Augstein: Witten's mayor fails with appointment in Düsseldorf . ( derwesten.de [accessed June 8, 2018]).
↑ Westdeutsche Verlags- und Werbegesellschaft mbH & Co. KG: Won the runoff election: Sonja Leidemann remains mayor of Witten . In: lokalkompass.de . ( lokalkompass.de [accessed on June 8, 2018]).
^ Wittens mayor Sonja Leidemann is allowed to remain a member of the SPD. Radio Ennepe Ruhr , archived from the original on December 16, 2015 ; accessed on January 10, 2017 .

predecessor	Office	successor
Klaus Lohmann	Mayor of Witten 2004–

personal data
SURNAME	Leidemann, Sonja
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German politician (SPD)
DATE OF BIRTH	April 16, 1960
PLACE OF BIRTH	Hattingen

[1] Mayoral election in Witten. The candidates. WAZ, September 13, 2015, accessed January 10, 2017 .

[2] Jürgen Augstein: SPD Witten-Heven wants to throw the mayor out of the party . ( waz.de [accessed June 8, 2018]).

[3] Witten mayor Sonja Leidemann excluded from the SPD. WAZ , accessed January 10, 2017 .

[4] Witten: Mayor excluded from the party. WDR , archived from the original on December 22, 2015 ; accessed on January 10, 2017 .

[5] Jürgen Augstein: Witten's mayor fails with appointment in Düsseldorf . ( derwesten.de [accessed June 8, 2018]).

[6] Westdeutsche Verlags- und Werbegesellschaft mbH & Co. KG: Won the runoff election: Sonja Leidemann remains mayor of Witten . In: lokalkompass.de . ( lokalkompass.de [accessed on June 8, 2018]).

[7] Wittens mayor Sonja Leidemann is allowed to remain a member of the SPD. Radio Ennepe Ruhr , archived from the original on December 16, 2015 ; accessed on January 10, 2017 .