Fritz Schramma is a
German
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politician of the
Christian Democratic Union (CDU). He was mayor of
Cologne
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from 2000 until 2009.
Career
In 2000, Schramma (
CDU) assumed office as mayor-in-chief along with Bernhard Wimmer (CDU), because the incumbent Harry Blum (CDU) died unexpectedly. In a runoff vote, he won election on 17 September 2000 against
Anke Brunn (
Social Democrats
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), who was nominated by her party only a short time ahead of the vote. The Social Democrats were heavily weakened by corruption scandals. Schramma's term in office was nine years instead of the usual five: he first completed the term of his predecessor Blum until 2004, and then he served his own term as a result of winning the runoff in 2000.
References
External links
CityMayors.com article
Mayors of Cologne
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
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