Florian Josef Janik (born 6 March 1980) is a German politician and mayor of Erlangen since 1 May 2014.

Biography

In July 1999 Janik completed Abitur at the Ohm-Gymnasium in Erlangen. In 1999 and 2000 he attended Alternative civilian service, civilian service at the ''Arbeiter-Samariter-Bund'' Erlangen-Höchstadt. He studied social science at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg from 2001 to 2005. Since 2005 he was scientific employee at the Bundesagentur für Arbeit. Florian Janik is married to Sylvia Janik and has two children, Lotta Janik (born 2009) and Max Janik (born 2011).

Political career

In 1998, Janik joined the Social Democratic Party of Germany, SPD and became member of Erlangen's town council in 2002. In 2008, he took over the leadership of his coalition party. In the mayor election on 16 March 2014 he got 37.2% of all votes. In the final ballot on 20 March 2014 he won against the previous mayor Siegfried Balleis (Christian Social Union in Bavaria, CSU). His term began on 1 May 2014. In the local elections on March 15, 2020, he competed against seven competitors and won 39.2% of the votes in the first round. In the runoff election on March 29, 2020, he won 54.5% of the vote against Jörg Volleth (CSU). Janik will thus remains Lord Mayor of Erlangen until April 30, 2026.

Publications

* ''Aus betrieblicher Perspektive: Arbeitsmarktanalysen anhand des IAB-Betriebspanels'', 2010

References

Politicians from Bavaria People from Erlangen 1980 births Living people Mayors of Erlangen {{Germany-SPD-politician-stub