Jochen Ott Explained

Jochen Ott (9 May 1974 in Porz) is a German teacher and politician of the Social Democrats (SPD) who has been serving as member of the Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia since 2010.

Political career

From 2011 until 2019, Ott served as the leader of the party in Cologne. In 2015, he unsuccessfully ran to become Mayor of Cologne; he eventually suspended his mayoral election campaign in 2015 after the stabbing of his main rival Henriette Reker.^[1]

In parliament, Ott serves on the Committee on Education.

Other activities

Corporate boards

• NRW.BANK, Member of the Advisory Board (since 2018)
• Cologne Bonn Airport, Deputy Chairman of the Supervisory Board^[2]
• RheinCargo, Member of the Supervisory Board^[3]

Non-profit organization

• Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR), Alternate Member of the Broadcasting Council^[4]
• Education and Science Workers' Union (GEW), Member

Notes and References

1. Web site: German Mayoral Candidate Stabbed In Neck. Sky News. 17 October 2015. 18 October 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20151018135651/https://news.sky.com/story/1571320/german-mayoral-candidate-stabbed-in-neck. live.
2. https://www.cologne-bonn-airport.com/en/company/corporate-management.html Corporate management
3. https://www.rheincargo.com/unternehmen/aufsichtsrat/ Supervisory Board
4. https://www1.wdr.de/unternehmen/rundfunkrat/rundfunkrat-mitglieder-108.html Members of the Broadcasting Council