Christian Ude

Christian Ude 2006

Christian Ude (born October 26, 1947 in Munich) is the current mayor of Munich. He is a member of the German Social Democratic Party.

Additionally, until 2009 he was a member of the board of directors of the football (AE: soccer) club TSV 1860 München.

After his career as a journalist and lawyer, he was elected as deputy mayor of Munich on May 2, 1990.

On September 12, 1993, he was elected as lord mayor and successor of Georg Kronawitter. He was re-elected three times, on June 13, 1999 with 61.2 per cent of all votes, on March 3, 2002 with 64.5 per cent and on March 2, 2008 with 66.8 per cent. He may not run for another term in 2014 because of age limitations. In August 2011 Christian Ude announced his attention to become the SPD's leading canditate for the upcoming Bavarian state election in 2013.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

In 2005 he was elected to the post of President of the German cities association.

Aside from his position as lord mayor, he is also political cabaret artist.

Christian Ude is married to Edith von Welser-Ude since 1984, he for the first time, she for the second time.

References

1. ^ Der Messias will es wissen, Süddeutsche Zeitung, 09 August 2011, retrieved 11 August 2011
2. ^ Christian Ude: Vom Oberbürgermeister zum Hoffnungsträger der Partei, Augsburger Allgemeine, 11 August 2011, retrieved 11 August 2011
3. ^ Hoffen auf den bayerischen Kretschmann, Süddeutsche Zeitung, 11 August 2011, retrieved 11 August 2011
4. ^ Erstmals echte Konkurrenz für Seehofer, Welt Online, 11 August 2011, retrieved 11 August 2011
5. ^ Ein zweiter Frühling für Christian Ude, Berliner Morgenpost, 11 August 2011, retrieved 11 August 2011

External links

• (German) Website of Christian Ude
• CityMayors article

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