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Burkhard Jung

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Burkhard Jung
Burkhard Jung in August 2015
Lord Mayor ofLeipzig,Saxony
Preceded byWolfgang Tiefensee
Personal details
Born(1958-03-07)7 March 1958(age 66)
Siegen,West Germany
Political partySPD
Spouses
Juliane Kirchner
(m.1980;div.2014)
Ayleena Wagner
(m.2016)
Children5, includingAlissa Jung
Alma materWestfälische Wilhelms-Universität(Staatsexamen)
OccupationPolitician

Burkhard Jung(born 7 March 1958 inSiegen) is a Germanpolitician[1]of theSocial Democratic Party(SPD) who has been the 21st lord mayor (Oberbürgermeister) ofLeipzig(Saxony) since March 29, 2006. In addition, he has been president of theAssociation of German Citiessince 2019; he is the first representative of an East German city in that office.[2]

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From 1980 until their 2014 divorce, Jung was married to Juliane Kirchner. They have four children, including actressAlissa Jung.[16]

He married Ayleena Wagner in 2016, and their daughter was born in 2018.[17]

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  1. ^Forum, International Transport; Development, OECD – Organisation for Economic Co-operation and (2009).Highlights of the International Transport Forum 2009: Transport for a Global Economy: Challenges & Opportunities in the Downturn.OECD Publishing. pp. 9–.ISBN978-92-821-0258-9.Retrieved27 September2011.
  2. ^Björn Meine (June 6, 2019)."Deutscher Städtetag: OBM Jung startet in den neuen Job".Leipziger Volkszeitung.
  3. ^Mayor of Leipzig – 2015 Declaration of InterestsCity of Leipzig.
  4. ^Mayor of Leipzig – 2015 Declaration of InterestsCity of Leipzig.
  5. ^Mayor of Leipzig – 2015 Declaration of InterestsCity of Leipzig.
  6. ^Supervisory BoardArchived2018-04-09 at theWayback MachineMitteldeutsche Flughafen AG.
  7. ^Mayor of Leipzig – 2015 Declaration of InterestsCity of Leipzig.
  8. ^Mayor of Leipzig – 2015 Declaration of InterestsCity of Leipzig.
  9. ^Mayor of Leipzig – 2015 Declaration of InterestsCity of Leipzig.
  10. ^Board of TrusteesStiftung Forum Recht.
  11. ^Bernd Westphal und Anke Rehlinger koordinieren neu konstituierten Politischen Beirat des SPD-WirtschaftsforumsArchived2022-04-20 at theWayback MachineBusiness Forum of the Social Democratic Party of Germany, press release of July 1, 2020.
  12. ^Mayor of Leipzig – 2015 Declaration of InterestsCity of Leipzig.
  13. ^Mayor of Leipzig – 2015 Declaration of InterestsCity of Leipzig.
  14. ^Mayor of Leipzig – 2015 Declaration of InterestsCity of Leipzig.
  15. ^Mayor of Leipzig – 2015 Declaration of InterestsCity of Leipzig.
  16. ^"Juliane Kirchner-Jung spricht über das Scheitern ihrer Ehe".bild.de(in German). 2014-06-21.Retrieved2021-10-03.
  17. ^"Leipzigs OBM Burkhard Jung: Das Baby ist da".LVZ – Leipziger Volkszeitung(in German). 26 December 2018.Retrieved2021-10-03.