Thomas Engeser
Thomas J. Engeser (born September 15, 1948 in Rottweil ) is a non-party local politician and was Lord Mayor of his hometown Rottweil from 2001 to 2009 .
biography
After graduating from the Leibniz Gymnasium in Rottweil in 1969, Engeser studied law at the Eberhard Karls University in Tübingen and graduated in 1975 with the first state examination in law. After the second state examination in 1979, he worked as a lawyer in Bodelshausen .
During his tenure as Lord Mayor, Engeser was able to open a new Rottweiler town hall , among other things . He has been a member of the Free Voters the council of the district Rottweil and the Regional Assembly Schwarzwald-Baar-Heuberg on. He came under political pressure when he tried to relativize the dangerousness of those imprisoned there on the subject of the construction of a new prison: "I'm not talking about normal criminals such as husbands who rape their wives ." After these controversial statements, the freemen quit Voters not wanting to support Engeser in the next mayoral election in 2009. He ran for a second term in the election on April 5, 2009 and was defeated in the first ballot with 26.2% of the vote to Ralf Broß , who was also non-party and received 58.6% and was supported by the CDU and SPD .
Thomas Engeser is Catholic and married, but lives separately and has a new life partner. Engeser has a grown son. He is chairman of the DRK district association in Rottweil.
Web links
- Interview with Engeser in Econo magazine (PDF file; 249 kB)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Schwäbische Zeitung (regional edition Tuttlingen "Gränzbote") of December 18, 2008.
- ↑ Preliminary official final result
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | Engeser, Thomas |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Engeser, Thomas J. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German local politician without party, Lord Mayor of Rottweil |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 15, 1948 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Rottweil |