Wilhelm Ruhkopf
Wilhelm Ruhkopf (born August 5, 1951 in Hildesheim ) is a German local politician ( SPD ) and was mayor of the Lower Saxony medium- sized town of Soltau from 2006 to 2014 .
Life
Ruhkopf initially completed an apprenticeship as an interior decorator , later he worked for the Federal Border Police as well as in children's homes and with the disabled. Then he decided to study to become a teacher and became a teacher at the secondary school in Soltau. During his 25 years of teaching at the school he was a. a. played a key role in founding the ShowPalast , the first and only student variety show in Germany.
After serving as a council member of the city of Soltau from 1991, Ruhkopf ran for mayoral election in 2006 and won a runoff election on September 24, 2006 with 66.9 percent of the vote against his predecessor Christa Erden ( CDU ). From November 2006 he was mayor of Soltau for eight years. His term of office ended on October 31, 2014, and he announced early on that he did not want to run for a second term. His successor was Helge Röbbert .
Web links
- Greetings on soltau.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ Council minutes ( memento of the original from January 20, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) 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. dated August 13, 2008
- ↑ Ruhkopf throws his hat in the ring Article in the Heide-Kurier of January 29, 2006
- ↑ Soltaus Mayor invites you to lecture at the FH Osnabrück an article on pages of the FH Osnabrück of 30 November 2009
- ↑ Preliminary result of the runoff election on the website of the Lower Saxony State Office for Statistics
- ↑ Congratulations, Helmi! Article on the website of the SPD Soltau-Fallingbostel from September 25, 2006
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ruhkopf, Wilhelm |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German Mayor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 5th August 1951 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hildesheim |