Uwe Conradt Explained

Uwe Conradt
Office:Mayor of Saarbrücken
Deputy:Ralf Latz (2019–2020)
Barbara Meyer-Gluche (2020–)
Term Start:1 October 2019
Office1:Head of the Saarland Media Authority
Term Start1:2016
Term End1:1 October 2019
Office2:Member of the Landtag of Saarland
Term Start2:August 2012
Term End2:May 2016
Predecessor2:Peter Jacoby
Successor2:Petra Fretter
Office3:Member of the Saarbrücken City Council
Term Start3:2009
Term End3:September 2019
Office4:Member of the Dudweiler District Council
Term Start4:1999
Term End4:2004
Birth Date:31 March 1977
Birth Place:Saarbrücken, Saarland, West Germany
Alma Mater:Saarland University
Spouse:Jana Conradt
Party:CDU
Children:3

Uwe Conradt (born 31 March 1977) is a German Christian Democratic politician who has been serving as Mayor of Saarbrücken since 2019.[1] [2]

Politics

Uwe Conradt joined the Young Union in 1990 and became a member of the CDU in 1994. He was Member of the Dudweiler District Council from 1999 until 2004 and became Member of the Saarbrücken City Council in 2009. He succeeded Peter Jacoby as Member of the Landtag of Saarland in August 2012 until 2016, when he was appointed Director of the State Media Authority.

He succeeded Peter Strobel as Speaker of the CDU City Council Group in 2018 and ran for the office of Mayor in the local elections on 26 May 2019. He received 29.0 percent, finishing second to the incumbent Charlotte Britz, a Social Democrat, who received 36.8 percent. Both advanced to the runoff election which took place on 9 June, in which he surprisingly defeated Britz with 50.3 percent of the votes, ending a 43 years lasting streak of Social Democratic Mayors in Saarbrücken.[3] He vacated his council seat in September 2019.

He assumed the office of Mayor on 1 October 2019 and is being backed by a so-called Jamaica coalition of CDU, the Green Party and the Free Democrats.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Jahresrückblick für Saarbrücken: CDU feiert einen historischen Sieg. Rolshausen. Martin. Saarbrücker Zeitung. de. 2020-01-02.
  2. Web site: Saarbrücker Stadtgeschichte: Die Mission: Rettung des Saarkrans. Rolshausen. Martin. Saarbrücker Zeitung. de. 2020-01-02.
  3. News: SPD-Kandidatin unterliegt : Erstmals seit 40 Jahren wird ein CDU-Politiker Oberbürgermeister in Saarbrücken. Spiegel Online. 2 January 2020.