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Dieter Reiter

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Dieter Reiter
Reiter in 2022
Mayor of Munich
Assumed office
1 May 2014
Preceded byChristian Ude
Personal details
Born (1958-05-19) 19 May 1958 (age 67)
Rain, Swabia, Bavaria,
West Germany
Political partySocial Democratic Party
SpousePetra Reiter (2003–present)
Children1

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

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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

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Corporate boards

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Non-profit organizations

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Personal life

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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

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  1. ^ "Munich elects new centre-left mayor". The Local. 31 March 2014. Retrieved 4 May 2014.
  2. ^ https://www.studiox.bg (30 September 2024). "Dieter Reiter". www.themayor.eu. Retrieved 25 June 2025. {{cite web}}: External link in |last= (help)
  3. ^ Mitglieder bzw. Ersatzmitglieder der 16. Bundesversammlung Landtag of Bavaria, press release of 22 November 2016.
  4. ^ Oshin, Olafimihan (22 June 2021). "UEFA declines request to allow rainbow lights at Munich stadium". The Hill. Retrieved 26 June 2021.
  5. ^ "German health minister angry at UEFA decision on stadium rainbow lighting". Reuters. 23 June 2021. Retrieved 26 June 2021.
  6. ^ Advisory Board FC Bayern.
  7. ^ Board of Trustees Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich.
  8. ^ Board of Trustees Archived 4 November 2016 at the Wayback Machine Ifo Institute for Economic Research.
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Political offices
Preceded by Mayor of Munich
2014–present
Succeeded by
Incumbent