Wolfgang Seeliger (politician)

Wolfgang Seeliger (born April 13, 1935 ) is a former German local politician . From 1990 to 2000 he was the first democratically elected mayor of the city of Lübbenau in Brandenburg after the fall of the Wall . Seeliger has been an honorary citizen of the city since January 2010.

Life

Wolfgang Seeliger grew up with three siblings in Rabishau in Lower Silesia until the family was expelled from there in 1946. After graduating from high school in Berlin in 1953, Seeliger studied theology at the Humboldt University in Berlin until 1958 . From 1964 he worked as a truck driver and crane operator at the Lübbenau power plant . From 1972 to 1976, Seeliger completed a correspondence course in engineering at Mittweida University . After graduating as a lifting engineer, Seeliger was responsible for the general repairs of the energy generation systems at the Lübbenau power plant.

On May 23, 1990, Wolfgang Seeliger was elected mayor of Lübbenau, in the local elections in December 1993 he was confirmed in his office. His term of office included the closure of the power plant, the construction of today's Jenaplan School and the construction of the Spreewald baths. After ten years in office, Seeliger did not stand for election in 2000, Helmut Wenzel was elected as his successor. On January 7, 2010 he was the first person to be awarded honorary citizenship of the city of Lübbenau. Wolfgang Seeliger has been married since 1963, has two daughters and lives in Lübbenau-Neustadt .

Works

• Wolfgang Seeliger among others: History of the Spreewaldstadt Lübbenau - 20th century. Luebbenau 2000.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 24 independents elected as mayor. Neues Deutschland, December 22, 1993, accessed July 3, 2020.
2. ↑ Wolfgang Seeliger is 80 years old. Lausitzer Rundschau, April 13, 2015, accessed on July 3, 2020.