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Dirk Elbers (born 11 December 1959)
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, representative of the German Christian Democratic Union. After the death of Lord Mayor
Joachim Erwin Joachim Erwin (2 September 1949 – 20 May 2008) was a German politician and the Mayor of Düsseldorf from 1999 until his death in 2008. He was born in Stadtroda, Thuringia, Germany. Erwin was a member of the Christian Democratic Union (CD ...
, who died in office, on 2 June 2008 Elbers was a candidate for the CDU to become mayor. The election took place on 31 August 2008. Dirk Elbers won this election on the first ballot with 59.7% of the vote against his candidate against
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from the SPD. The turnout was around 38%.Stadt Düsseldorf
Sieg mit deutlichem Vorsprung
, 31 August 2008


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Christian Democratic Union of Germany politicians 1959 births Living people Mayors of Düsseldorf {{Germany-mayor-stub