Daniel Zimmermann

Daniel Zimmermann ( May 3, 1982 in Dusseldorf ) is a German politician ( PETO ). Zimmermann since 2009, mayor of the North Rhine-Westphalian city of Monheim am Rhein. He was elected with only 27 years, the youngest mayor in North Rhine -Westphalia.

Background and education

Carpenter grew up as the son of a printing plate manufacturer and an administrative staff on in Baumberg. From 1988 to 1992 he attended the Scholl Elementary School. He then moved to the Otto -Hahn -Gymnasium in Monheim, where he completed his secondary education in 2001. Subsequently he completed at the Biological Station Urdenbacher Kämpe eV his community service. From 2002 to 2008 he studied at the University of Cologne, French and physics to become a teacher for the Secondary 1 and 2; In December 2008, he passed the first state exam. From 2008 to 2009 he was scientifically active in the Department of Romance Studies, University of Cologne; he was among other things a tutor for the intermediate examination in the field of linguistics studying French, Italian, Spanish and Portuguese. A doctoral thesis, the carpenter has started in 2009, he had to stop due to time problems.

Political career

1999 there was a carpenter with four other young people of the founders of the Youth Party PETO - The young alternative; the party name refers to the Latin word peto ( German: " I call "). Zimmermann took over the party presidency, which he held until 2004. The party increased its election results in the city continuously. So they achieved in 1999, with around six percent and three seats in 2004 with 16.6% seven seats. In the same year he moved into the city council after him five years before a corresponding candidacy would have been impossible, because the passive suffrage is attained only with the age of majority. Until 2006 he was Chairman of the Group since 2005 and Chairman of the Operating Committee for the Municipal operations.

Mayor Election 2009

30 August 2009 PETO reached 29.56 % of the vote and twelve seats, which they drew even with the CDU in Monheim city council election. Was the case of the simultaneous mayoral election, for the carpenter in August 2008, nominated by his party as a candidate and for which he actively engaged in the campaign, Zimmermann was able to secure with 30.35% of votes, the relative majority, which was sufficient to electoral victory, after the run-off election in 2007 had been abolished. Daniel Zimmermann is the first mayor of Monheim, who was elected for a term of six years.

Mayoral election in 2014

Daniel Zimmermann has decided to reduce his regular term ( real end of August 2015) to allow a merger with the council election on 25 May 2014. A merger ( legally feasible ) of mayoral and council election on 25 May 2014 the city of Monheim brings a savings of 50,000 €. Zimmermann presented on July 10, 2013, in this regard: "I District Administrator Thomas Hendele requested in writing, to release me to the end of the term of my civil servants on time, which actually runs until 2015. This is the prerequisite for mayor and council elections can be held together. "

Works

• "I can Mayor! ": At age 27 the youngest mayor Germany. Torchbearers -Verlag, Cologne, ISBN 978-3-7716-4460-4.