Burkhard Jung
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Burkhard Jung | |
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Lord Mayor ofLeipzig,Saxony | |
Preceded by | Wolfgang Tiefensee |
Personal details | |
Born | Siegen,West Germany | 7 March 1958
Political party | SPD |
Spouses | Juliane Kirchner
(m.1980;div.2014)Ayleena Wagner (m.2016) |
Children | 5, includingAlissa Jung |
Alma mater | Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität(Staatsexamen) |
Occupation | Politician |
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]
Other activities
[edit]Corporate boards
[edit]- European Energy Exchange(EEX), Member of the Supervisory Board[3]
- Leipzig Trade Fair,Chairman of the Supervisory Board[4]
- Leipziger Versorgungs- und Verkehrsgesellschaft (LVV), Chairman of the Supervisory Board[5]
- Mitteldeutsche Flughafen AG, Member of the Supervisory Board[6][7]
- VNG – Verbundnetz Gas(EEX), Member of the Advisory Board[8]
- Sachsen Bank,Member of the Supervisory Board (-2018)[9]
Non-profit organizations
[edit]- Stiftung Forum Recht, Member of the Board of Trustees (since 2022)[10]
- Business Forum of the Social Democratic Party of Germany, Member of the Political Advisory Board (since 2020)[11]
- American Friends of the Gewandhaus Orchestra Leipzig, Member of the Board of Directors[12]
- HHL Leipzig Graduate School of Management,Member of the Supervisory Board[13]
- Leipzig University of Applied Sciences(HTWK), Member of the Board of Trustees[14]
- Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in the Sciences,Member of the Board of Trustees[15]
- Stiftung Lebendige Stadt, Member of the Board of Trustees
Personal life
[edit]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]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^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.
- ^Björn Meine (June 6, 2019)."Deutscher Städtetag: OBM Jung startet in den neuen Job".Leipziger Volkszeitung.
- ^Mayor of Leipzig – 2015 Declaration of InterestsCity of Leipzig.
- ^Mayor of Leipzig – 2015 Declaration of InterestsCity of Leipzig.
- ^Mayor of Leipzig – 2015 Declaration of InterestsCity of Leipzig.
- ^Supervisory BoardArchived2018-04-09 at theWayback MachineMitteldeutsche Flughafen AG.
- ^Mayor of Leipzig – 2015 Declaration of InterestsCity of Leipzig.
- ^Mayor of Leipzig – 2015 Declaration of InterestsCity of Leipzig.
- ^Mayor of Leipzig – 2015 Declaration of InterestsCity of Leipzig.
- ^Board of TrusteesStiftung Forum Recht.
- ^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.
- ^Mayor of Leipzig – 2015 Declaration of InterestsCity of Leipzig.
- ^Mayor of Leipzig – 2015 Declaration of InterestsCity of Leipzig.
- ^Mayor of Leipzig – 2015 Declaration of InterestsCity of Leipzig.
- ^Mayor of Leipzig – 2015 Declaration of InterestsCity of Leipzig.
- ^"Juliane Kirchner-Jung spricht über das Scheitern ihrer Ehe".bild.de(in German). 2014-06-21.Retrieved2021-10-03.
- ^"Leipzigs OBM Burkhard Jung: Das Baby ist da".LVZ – Leipziger Volkszeitung(in German). 26 December 2018.Retrieved2021-10-03.