Katja Dörner (born 18 February 1976) is a German politician of the Alliance 90/The Greens who has been serving as mayor of Bonn since 2020. From 2009 until 2020, she was a member of the Bundestag.[1]
Katja Dörner | |
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 Dörner in 2014 | |
| Mayor of Bonn | |
| Assumed office 1 November 2020 | |
| Preceded by | Ashok-Alexander Sridharan |
| Member of the Bundestag for North Rhine-Westphalia | |
| In office 27 October 2009 – 31 October 2020 | |
| Succeeded by | Janosch Dahmen |
| Constituency | Alliance '90/The Greens List |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 18 February 1976 Siegen, West Germany (now Germany) |
| Political party | Greens |
| Children | 1 |
Education and early career
editDörner studied political science in at the universities of Bonn, York and Edinburgh from 1995 until 2000.
From 2001 until 2003, Dörner worked as a legislative adviser to Sylvia Löhrmann, then the chairwoman of the Green Party's parliamentary group in the Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia. She subsequently advised the parliamentary group on education and vocational training policies from 2003 until 2009.
Political career
editDörner first became a member of the German Bundestag in the 2009 elections, representing North Rhine-Westphalia. In parliament, she served on the Committee on Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women, and Youth. From 2009 until 2013, she was also a member of the Budget Committee, where she served as rapporteur on the annual budget of the Federal Ministry of the Interior. In addition to her committee assignments, she was a member of the German-British Parliamentary Friendship Group.
From 2013 until 2020, Dörner served as vice-chair of the Green Party's parliamentary group, under the leadership of Katrin Göring-Eckardt and Anton Hofreiter.
In the – unsuccessful – negotiations to form a coalition government with the Christian Democrats – both the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and the Christian Social Union in Bavaria (CSU) – and the Free Democratic Party following the 2017 elections, Dörner was part of her party's delegation.[2]
In August 2019, Dörner announced her intention to become Mayor of Bonn.[3] She was elected in a run-off election on 27 September 2020 with 56.27% of the vote, becoming Bonn's second-ever female mayor.[4]
In the negotiations to form a coalition government under the leadership of Minister-President of North Rhine-Westphalia Hendrik Wüst following the 2022 state elections, Dörner was part of her party’s delegation.[5]
Other activities
editGovernment bodies
edit- German Council for Sustainable Development (RNE), Member (since 2023, appointed ad personam by Chancellor Olaf Scholz)[6]
Non-profit organizations
edit- Bonn International Award for Democracy, Chair of the Board of Trustees (since 2022)[7]
- Institut Solidarische Moderne (ISM), Member (since 2010)[8]
- German Foundation for World Population (DSW), Member of the Parliamentary Advisory Board (–2020)[9]
- Plan International Deutschland, Member of the Board of Trustees[10]
- Amnesty International, Member
Personal life
editDörner has lived in Bonn since 1995. In Berlin, she shared an apartment with Oliver Krischer.[11]
References
edit- ^ "Deutscher Bundestag - Katja Dörner". Deutscher Bundestag (in German). Archived from the original on 4 September 2019. Retrieved 4 September 2019.
- ^ Barbara Gillmann and Silke Kersting (September 27, 2017), Sondierungsgespräche der Grünen: Jamaika braucht Trittins Segen Archived 2019-09-24 at the Wayback Machine Handelsblatt.
- ^ "Grünen-Politikerin - Katja Dörner will OB in Bonn werden" (in German). 26 August 2019. Archived from the original on 27 August 2019. Retrieved 4 September 2019.
- ^ Gemeinde Stadt Bonn
- ^ Martin Teigeler (23 May 2022), Nach NRW-Wahl: Sondierungen beginnen am Dienstag Westdeutscher Rundfunk.
- ^ Bundeskanzler beruft neuen Rat für Nachhaltige Entwicklung German Council for Sustainable Development (RNE), press release of 18 January 2023
- ^ Der Demokratiepreis stellt sich neu auf General-Anzeiger, 28 October 2022.
- ^ Members Archived 23 September 2020 at the Wayback Machine Institut Solidarische Moderne (ISM).
- ^ Advisory Board Archived 2019-04-22 at the Wayback Machine German Foundation for World Population (DSW).
- ^ Governance Archived 2019-09-24 at the Wayback Machine Plan International Deutschland.
- ^ Vinzenz Greiner (1 July 2015), Parlament und Pumpernickel Cicero’'.