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Dieter Salomon

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Dieter Salomon
Mayor of Freiburg
In office
2002 – 30 June 2018
Preceded byRolf Böhme
Succeeded byMartin Horn
Personal details
Born9 August 1960
Melbourne, Australia
Political partyAlliance '90/The Greens
SpouseHelen Hall-Salomon
Children1
OccupationPolitician, Mayor, retired from politics 30 June 2018
Websitehttp://www.dieter-salomon.de (offline)

Dieter Salomon (born 9 August 1960 in Melbourne, Australia) is a German politician of Alliance '90/The Greens who served as mayor of Freiburg im Breisgau for two terms from 2002 until 2018.

Biography

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Salomon grew up in the German Allgäu. He received his Abitur in 1979 in Oberstdorf, and moved to Freiburg to study Political Science, Public Finance, and Roman Philology. He received a Doctor of Philosophy degree from the University of Freiburg in 1991. During his time as a student, he became active in the local chapter of the Alliance 90/The Greens.

Salomon was married to Helen Hall-Salomon, and has one child from a previous marriage. Since 2011, he lived separated from his wife.[1][2] At the end of 2015, he married his new partner in Melbourne, Helga Mayer.[3]

Political career

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From 1990 until 2000, Salomon was a member of Freiburg city council, and was a member of the Landtag of Baden-Württemberg from 1992. From April 2002, he was the head of the Baden-Württemberg Green Party fraction, and lead candidate for state elections.

Salomon became mayor of Freiburg on 1 July 2002, after receiving 64.4% of votes on the second ballot held on 5 May 2002, thereby becoming the first Green mayor of a large German city, and only the second or third in the whole of Germany.[citation needed] Once elected mayor of Freiburg, he resigned his position in the Landtag. Within the Green Party, he is considered a Realo.

Salomon was defeated in the mayoral election of 6 May 2018 by surprise winner Martin Horn. The second round voting result was Martin Horn 44.3% - Dieter Salomon 30.7%. Martin Horn won by the 2nd round simple majority rule.

In a post declaration interview with the media, Salomon announced his retirement from politics.

Salomon served as a Green Party delegate to the Federal Convention for the purpose of electing the President of Germany in 2012.[4]

Other activities

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Corporate boards

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  • Abfallwirtschaft und Stadtreinigung Freiburg (ASF), Ex-Officio Chairman of the Supervisory Board (2002–2018)[5]
  • Badenova, Ex-Officio Chairman of the Supervisory Board (2002–2018)[6]
  • Freiburger Stadtbau (FSB), Ex-Officio Chairman of the Supervisory Board (2002–2018)[7]
  • L-Bank, Member of the Supervisory Board (2002–2018)[8]
  • LBBW Immobilien, Member of the Supervisory Board[9]
  • Messe Freiburg, Ex-Officio Chairman of the Supervisory Board (2002–2018)[6]

Non-profit organizations

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Written works

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  • Salomon, Dieter (1992). Grüne Theorie und graue Wirklichkeit: die Grünen und die Basisdemokratie (in German). Freiburg: Arnold-Bergstraesser-Institut. ISBN 978-3-928597-03-6. OCLC 32350409.
  • Thaa, Winfried; Salomon, Dieter; Gräber, Gerhard (1994). Grüne an der Macht: Widerstände und Chancen grün-alternativer Regierungsbeteiligungen (in German). Cologne: Bund-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-7663-2521-1. OCLC 31605999.

References

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  1. ^ Zeitung, Badische (3 November 2011). "OB Salomon trennt sich von seiner Ehefrau - Freiburg - Badische Zeitung". www.badische-zeitung.de (in German). Retrieved 13 January 2019.
  2. ^ Lebenslauf auf der Homepage der Stadt Freiburg Archived 18 May 2012 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ OB Dieter Salomon und Helga Mayer haben in Melbourne geheiratet in: Badische Zeitung vom 11. Januar 2016. Retrieved, 11 January 2016.
  4. ^ Ordentliche Mitglieder der 15. Bundesversammlung Bundestag.
  5. ^ About Us Abfallwirtschaft und Stadtreinigung Freiburg (ASF).
  6. ^ a b Supervisory Board Badenova.
  7. ^ Supervisory Board Freiburger Stadtbau GmbH (FSB).
  8. ^ Supervisory Board Archived 27 August 2016 at the Wayback Machine L-Bank.
  9. ^ Supervisory Board LBBW Immobilien.
  10. ^ Advisory Board Grüner Wirtschaftsdialog.
  11. ^ Advisory Board University of Freiburg.
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