Siegfried Balleis (born August 4, 1953) 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, a ...
, representative of the
Christian Social Union of Bavaria
The Christian Social Union in Bavaria (German: , CSU) is a Christian-democratic and conservative political party in Germany. Having a regionalist identity, the CSU operates only in Bavaria while its larger counterpart, the Christian Democratic ...
.
In 1996 he was elected
Oberbürgermeister
Burgomaster (alternatively spelled burgermeister, literally "master of the town, master of the borough, master of the fortress, master of the citizens") is the English form of various terms in or derived from Germanic languages for the chief m ...
for the town of
Erlangen
Erlangen (; East Franconian: ''Erlang'', Bavarian: ''Erlanga'') is a Middle Franconian city in Bavaria, Germany. It is the seat of the administrative district Erlangen-Höchstadt (former administrative district Erlangen), and with 116,062 inhabi ...
.
[cf]
inauguration speech
He was in office until April 2014. From 1982 to 1993 he was married to
Gabriele Pauli
Gabriele Pauli (born 26 June 1957) is a German politician, formerly with the conservative Christian Social Union (CSU) party. She was the District Administrator for the rural district of Fürth from 1990 to 2008.
Career
In 2006 and 2007, P ...
.
See also
*
List of Bavarian Christian Social Union politicians
A list of notable politicians of the Christian Social Union in Bavaria (CSU):
A
* Manfred Ach
* Heinrich Aigner
* Ilse Aigner
* Katrin Albsteiger
* Max Allwein
* Walter Althammer
* Hans Amler
* Erwin Ammann
* Johann Anetseder
* Willi Ankerm ...
References
Christian Social Union in Bavaria politicians
1953 births
Living people
Mayors of Erlangen
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