Dieter Reiter
Dieter Reiter | |
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![]() Reiter in 2022 | |
Mayor of Munich | |
Assumed office 1 May 2014 | |
Preceded by | Christian Ude |
Personal details | |
Born | Rain, Swabia, Bavaria, West Germany | 19 May 1958
Political party | Social Democratic Party |
Spouse | Petra Reiter (2003–present) |
Children | 1 |
Dieter Reiter (born 19 May 1958) is a German politician and the mayor of Munich[1] He is a member of the Social Democratic Party (SPD).
Career
[edit]Reiter was born in Rain, Swabia, a small town in Bavaria. He studied at the Fachhochschule für öffentliche Verwaltung und Rechtspflege in Hof, where he finished 1981. On 30 March 2014 he was voted with 56.7% of votes mayor of Munich.[2] He succeeded Christian Ude, who served as mayor from 1993 to 2014. Reiter was a SPD delegate to the Federal Convention for the purpose of electing the President of Germany in 2017.[3]
In 2021, Reiter proposed illuminating the stadium for UEFA Euro 2020 in rainbow colors to protest the Hungarian anti-LGBT law, but this was rejected by UEFA.[4][5]
Other activities
[edit]Corporate boards
[edit]- FC Bayern, member of the advisory board[6]
- Stadtwerke München (SWM), ex officio chairman of the supervisory board
- Munich Airport, ex officio member of the supervisory board
- Messe München, ex officio member of the supervisory board
Non-profit organizations
[edit]- Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, member of the board of trustees[7]
- Technische Universität München, member of the board of trustees
- Deutsches Museum, member of the board of trustees
- Ifo Institute for Economic Research, member of the board of trustees[8]
- ver.di, member
Personal life
[edit]Reiter has been married twice, and is the father of a son from his first marriage. His second wife, Petra, has two children of her own from a previous relationship.
References
[edit]- ^ "Munich elects new centre-left mayor". The Local. 31 March 2014. Retrieved 4 May 2014.
- ^ https://www.studiox.bg (30 September 2024). "Dieter Reiter". www.themayor.eu. Retrieved 25 June 2025.
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- ^ Mitglieder bzw. Ersatzmitglieder der 16. Bundesversammlung Landtag of Bavaria, press release of 22 November 2016.
- ^ Oshin, Olafimihan (22 June 2021). "UEFA declines request to allow rainbow lights at Munich stadium". The Hill. Retrieved 26 June 2021.
- ^ "German health minister angry at UEFA decision on stadium rainbow lighting". Reuters. 23 June 2021. Retrieved 26 June 2021.
- ^ Advisory Board FC Bayern.
- ^ Board of Trustees Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich.
- ^ Board of Trustees Archived 4 November 2016 at the Wayback Machine Ifo Institute for Economic Research.
External links
[edit]Media related to Dieter Reiter at Wikimedia Commons