Ortwin Runde (born 12 February 1944) is a German

politician A politician is a person active in party politics, or a person holding or seeking an elected office in government. Politicians propose, support, reject and create laws that govern the land and by an extension of its people. Broadly speaking ...

from the Social Democratic party. He was the First Mayor (''Erster Bürgermeister'') of the Free and Hanseatic City

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from 1997 to 2001.

Early life and education

Runde was born in Elbing (Elbląg),

Danzig-Westpreußen Reichsgau Danzig-West Prussia (german: Reichsgau Danzig-Westpreußen) was an administrative division of Nazi Germany created on 8 October 1939 from annexed territory of the Free City of Danzig, the Greater Pomeranian Voivodship (Polish Corridor), ...

. After receiving his high-school diploma in 1964, Runde studied

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and

Sociology Sociology is a social science that focuses on society, human social behavior, patterns of social relationships, social interaction, and aspects of culture associated with everyday life. It uses various methods of empirical investigation an ...

at the universities of

Münster Münster (; nds, Mönster) is an independent city (''Kreisfreie Stadt'') in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is in the northern part of the state and is considered to be the cultural centre of the Westphalia region. It is also a state di ...

and

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. He received his diploma in Sociology in 1969. He entered public service in Hamburg in 1970.

Political career

Runde joined the Social Democratic Party (SPD) in 1968, and was member of in the state executive of the youth organizations of the SPD (

Young Socialists in the SPD Working Group of Young Socialists in the SPD (german: Arbeitsgemeinschaft der Jungsozialistinnen und Jungsozialisten in der SPD, Jusos) is a volunteer youth organization of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD). As of 2021, there are over ...

) from 1969 to 1971. In 1978 he became one of deputy chairman of Hamburg's SPD, from 1983 to 1988 he was chairman of Hamburg's SPD. From 1974 to 1988 he was elected as a member of Hamburg's city assembly (''Hamburger Bürgerschaft''). From 1988 to 1993 he was senator (as the official title in Hamburg is) of the department for labour, health and social welfare, from 1993 to 1997 of the treasury department. After

Henning Voscherau Henning Voscherau (13 August 1941 – 24 August 2016) was a German politician who was a member of the Social Democratic Party of Germany. He was the First Mayor of his home city of Hamburg from 1988 to 1997, serving as President of the Bundesra ...

(SPD) stepped down after internal arguments which whom a political coalition should formed, Runde was elected as '' First Mayor of the Free and Hanseatic City Hamburg'' on November 12, 1997. In the next election four years later, the coalition of SPD and the

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lost its majority, and therefore Runde had to leave his office as mayor as well on October 31, 2001. Since 2002, Runde has been a member of the German parliament, the

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Personal life

Ortwin Runde is married and has two children.

References

External links

Website
of Ortwin Runde

at German

{{DEFAULTSORT:Runde, Ortwin 1944 births Living people Mayors of Hamburg People from Elbląg People from East Prussia Members of the Bundestag for Hamburg Members of the Bundestag 2005–2009 Members of the Bundestag 2002–2005 Members of the Bundestag for the Social Democratic Party of Germany