Werner Arndt (Mayor)

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Werner Arndt at the press reception of the Grimme Prize 2013

Werner Arndt (born March 6, 1960 in Marl ) is a German politician ( SPD ). He is the full-time mayor of the North Rhine-Westphalian city ​​of Marl.

Life

After training as a power system electronics technician at the Schlägel & Eisen colliery of Ruhrkohle AG (RAG), Werner Arndt worked there in shaft 8 in underground operations. After further education at the Hans-Böckler-Kollegschule Marl , he did community service at the Erlöserkirche in Marl- Brassert and then studied social sciences at the Gerhard Mercator University in Duisburg . After completing his studies, he worked as a teacher for educational institutions at the University of Duisburg, the Volkshochschule Niederrhein, the Evangelical Educational Institute in Duisburg and the Arbeiterwohlfahrt .

Since 1989 he has been a member of the Marl City Council, from 1994 to 2009 as full-time parliamentary group manager and head of the social committee. In between, he was bureau chief of the German MPs Waltraud Lehn , the directly elected representatives of the constituency Recklinghausen II - Borken I was.

Werner Arndt is married and has three children.

Mayor's office

On August 30, 2009 Werner Arndt was elected full-time mayor of the city of Marl with 32.4 percent of the valid votes, as the successor to Uta Heinrich ( CDU , non-party, BUM). In 2014, Arndt was re-elected in a runoff election with 64.4 percent of the valid votes. He is the first mayor of Marl, who was also born in Marl.

Web links

Commons : Werner Arndt  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. Vita Werner Arndts on the website of the city of Marl (PDF; 17 kB)
  2. ^ Result of the mayoral election of Marl 2009 on WDR.de
  3. Result of the mayoral election 2014 on wahlen.gkd-re.net