Wolfgang Vockel

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Wolfgang Vockel in Tauberbischofsheim (2016)

Wolfgang Vockel (born December 19, 1955 in Cuxhaven ) is a German politician ( independent ) and former mayor of the district town of Tauberbischofsheim in the Main-Tauber district in north-east Baden-Württemberg in Germany .

Life

Vockel attended the Ritzebüttel primary school in Cuxhaven from 1962 to 1966 . After graduating from elementary school in 1966, he attended high school in Cuxhaven, where he passed his Abitur in 1974. 1974 to 1976 he did military service . From 1976 to 1979 Vockel worked in the preparatory service with subsequent career examination for the upper general administrative service in the state of Lower Saxony . Vockel studied at the Administration Academy Lippe-Detmold from 1980 to 1983. From 1979 to 1986 he was an official of the city administration in Cuxhaven. Before he became mayor of Tauberbischofsheim , he officiated in Lower Saxony as joint director of the joint community of Hadeln and as city ​​director of the city of Otterndorf .

Wolfgang Vockel (right) attempting a karate world record on the Wörtplatz in Tauberbischofsheim (2016)

On September 1, 1995, the non-party Wolfgang Vockel was elected mayor of the city of Tauberbischofsheim. He was confirmed in office in 2003 (93.47%) and 2011 (74.64%) with a large majority.

In 2004 Vockel ran in vain as a non-party candidate, supported by the CDU , for the post of Lord Mayor of Konstanz .

Vockel belongs to the district council of the Main-Tauber district, where he is a member of the CDU parliamentary group.

In the mayoral election on June 30, 2019, Vockel achieved the second-best result in the first ballot with 28.4 percent of the vote behind Anette Schmidt , who achieved 39.3 percent. Vockel then announced on July 3rd that after a 24-year term as Tauberbischofsheimer mayor, he would withdraw his application in the second ballot. Vockel held this office until the end of August 2019.

Web links

Commons : Wolfgang Vockel  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Main-Post: With 75 percent in the third round . June 27, 2011. Online at mainpost.de. Retrieved October 30, 2014.
  2. ^ Südkurier : "Critical-constructive cooperation" . July 28, 2004. Online at suedkurier.de. Retrieved October 30, 2014.
  3. ↑ Südwest-Presse: CDU election winner - SPD only winner - other parliamentary groups maintain their strength ( Memento from October 30, 2014 in the web archive archive.today ). May 27, 2014. Online at swp.de. Retrieved October 30, 2014.
  4. ^ Fabian Greulich: A clear stage win for Anette Schmidt. In: Franconian news. Retrieved July 2, 2019 .
  5. ↑ Tauberbischofsheim's mayor withdraws application. In: fnweb.de. Retrieved July 3, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Vockel, Wolfgang
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German municipal official, Mayor of Tauberbischofsheim
DATE OF BIRTH December 19, 1955
PLACE OF BIRTH Cuxhaven