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Burkhard Jung
Burkhard Jung in August 2015
Lord Mayor of Leipzig, Saxony
Preceded byWolfgang Tiefensee
Personal details
Born (1958-03-07) 7 March 1958 (age 65)
Siegen, West Germany
Political partySPD
Spouses
Juliane Kirchner
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(m. 1980; div. 2014)​
Ayleena Wagner
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(m. 2016)​
Children5, including Alissa Jung
Alma materWestfälische Wilhelms-Universität (Staatsexamen)
OccupationPolitician

Burkhard Jung (born 7 March 1958 in Siegen) is a German politician[1] of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) who has been the 21st lord mayor (Oberbürgermeister) of Leipzig (Saxony) since March 29, 2006. In addition, he has been president of the Association of German Cities since 2019; he is the first representative of an East German city in that office.[2]

Other activities

Corporate boards

Non-profit organizations

Personal life

From 1980 until their 2014 divorce, Jung was married to Juliane Kirchner. They have four children, including actress Alissa Jung.[16]

He married Ayleena Wagner in 2016, and their daughter was born in 2018.[17]

See also

References

  1. ^ Forum, International Transport; Development, OECD – Organisation for Economic Co-operation and (2009). Highlights of the International Transport Forum 2009: Transport for a Global Economy: Challenges & Opportunities in the Downturn. OECD Publishing. pp. 9–. ISBN 978-92-821-0258-9. Retrieved 27 September 2011.
  2. ^ Björn Meine (June 6, 2019). "Deutscher Städtetag: OBM Jung startet in den neuen Job". Leipziger Volkszeitung.
  3. ^ Mayor of Leipzig – 2015 Declaration of Interests City of Leipzig.
  4. ^ Mayor of Leipzig – 2015 Declaration of Interests City of Leipzig.
  5. ^ Mayor of Leipzig – 2015 Declaration of Interests City of Leipzig.
  6. ^ Supervisory Board Archived 2018-04-09 at the Wayback Machine Mitteldeutsche Flughafen AG.
  7. ^ Mayor of Leipzig – 2015 Declaration of Interests City of Leipzig.
  8. ^ Mayor of Leipzig – 2015 Declaration of Interests City of Leipzig.
  9. ^ Mayor of Leipzig – 2015 Declaration of Interests City of Leipzig.
  10. ^ Board of Trustees Stiftung Forum Recht.
  11. ^ Bernd Westphal und Anke Rehlinger koordinieren neu konstituierten Politischen Beirat des SPD-Wirtschaftsforums Archived 2022-04-20 at the Wayback Machine Business Forum of the Social Democratic Party of Germany, press release of July 1, 2020.
  12. ^ Mayor of Leipzig – 2015 Declaration of Interests City of Leipzig.
  13. ^ Mayor of Leipzig – 2015 Declaration of Interests City of Leipzig.
  14. ^ Mayor of Leipzig – 2015 Declaration of Interests City of Leipzig.
  15. ^ Mayor of Leipzig – 2015 Declaration of Interests City of Leipzig.
  16. ^ "Juliane Kirchner-Jung spricht über das Scheitern ihrer Ehe". bild.de (in German). 2014-06-21. Retrieved 2021-10-03.
  17. ^ "Leipzigs OBM Burkhard Jung: Das Baby ist da". LVZ – Leipziger Volkszeitung (in German). Retrieved 2021-10-03.
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