Dieter Salomon

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Dieter Salomon
Freiburg
In office
2002 – 30 June 2018
Preceded byRolf Böhme
Succeeded byMartin Horn
Personal details
Born9 August 1960
Alliance '90/The Greens
SpouseHelen Hall-Salomon
Children1
OccupationPolitician, Mayor, retired from politics 30 June 2018
Websitehttp://www.dieter-salomon.de (offline)

Dieter Salomon (born 9 August 1960 in

Alliance '90/The Greens who served as mayor of Freiburg im Breisgau
for two terms from 2002 until 2018.

Biography

Salomon grew up in the German

Public Finance, and Roman Philology. He received a Doctor of Philosophy degree from the University of Freiburg in 1991. During his time as a student, he became active in the local chapter of the Alliance 90/The Greens
.

Salomon was married to Helen Hall-Salomon, and has one child from a previous marriage. Since 2011, he lived separated from his wife.[1][2] At the end of 2015, he married his new partner in Melbourne, Helga Mayer.[3]

Political career

From 1990 until 2000, Salomon was a member of Freiburg

fraction
, and lead candidate for state elections.

Salomon became mayor of Freiburg on 1 July 2002, after receiving 64.4% of votes on the second ballot held on 5 May 2002, thereby becoming the first Green mayor of a large German city, and only the second or third in the whole of Germany.[citation needed] Once elected mayor of Freiburg, he resigned his position in the Landtag. Within the Green Party, he is considered a Realo.

Salomon was defeated in the mayoral election of 6 May 2018 by surprise winner Martin Horn. The second round voting result was Martin Horn 44,3% - Dieter Salomon 30,7%. Martin Horn won by the 2nd round simple majority rule.

In a post declaration interview with the media Salomon announced his retirement from politics.

Salomon served as a Green Party delegate to the Federal Convention for the purpose of electing the President of Germany in 2012.[4]

Other activities

Corporate boards

  • Abfallwirtschaft und Stadtreinigung Freiburg (ASF), Ex-Officio Chairman of the Supervisory Board (2002-2018)[5]
  • Badenova, Ex-Officio Chairman of the Supervisory Board (2002-2018)[6]
  • Freiburger Stadtbau (FSB), Ex-Officio Chairman of the Supervisory Board (2002-2018)[7]
  • L-Bank, Member of the Supervisory Board (2002-2018)[8]
  • LBBW Immobilien, Member of the Supervisory Board[9]
  • Messe Freiburg, Ex-Officio Chairman of the Supervisory Board (2002-2018)[10]

Non-profit organizations

Written works

  • Salomon, Dieter (1992). Grüne Theorie und graue Wirklichkeit: die Grünen und die Basisdemokratie (in German). Freiburg: Arnold-Bergstraesser-Institut.
    OCLC 32350409
    .
  • Thaa, Winfried; Salomon, Dieter; Gräber, Gerhard (1994). Grüne an der Macht: Widerstände und Chancen grün-alternativer Regierungsbeteiligungen (in German). .

References

  1. ^ Zeitung, Badische (3 November 2011). "OB Salomon trennt sich von seiner Ehefrau - Freiburg - Badische Zeitung". www.badische-zeitung.de (in German). Retrieved 13 January 2019.
  2. ^ Lebenslauf auf der Homepage der Stadt Freiburg Archived 18 May 2012 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ OB Dieter Salomon und Helga Mayer haben in Melbourne geheiratet in: Badische Zeitung vom 11. Januar 2016. Retrieved, 11 January 2016.
  4. ^ Ordentliche Mitglieder der 15. Bundesversammlung Bundestag.
  5. ^ About Us Abfallwirtschaft und Stadtreinigung Freiburg (ASF).
  6. ^ Supervisory Board Badenova.
  7. ^ Supervisory Board Freiburger Stadtbau GmbH (FSB).
  8. ^ Supervisory Board Archived 27 August 2016 at the Wayback Machine L-Bank.
  9. LBBW Immobilien
    .
  10. ^ Supervisory Board Badenova.
  11. ^ Advisory Board Grüner Wirtschaftsdialog.
  12. ^ Advisory Board University of Freiburg.

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