New city elder for Berlin: Honor for committed personalities!

New city elder for Berlin: Honor for committed personalities!

On Friday, December 13, 2024, at 11:30 a.m., there is a significant appointment ceremony in the ballroom of the Red City Hall in Berlin. The ruling mayor Kai Wegner will honor eight new city elder. This honor is carried out in the presence of the previous city elder, as the press and information office of the State of Berlin announced. Wegner praised the new city elders for their extraordinary commitment in Berlin politics and society, which contributed significantly to the growing of East and West. "They are role models for all of us," he emphasized.

The new city elder

The new city elder are prominent personalities such as Dorothee Dubrau, an experienced architect and urban planner who has campaigned for urban development. Gisela Greiner, once a textile seller, has taken an impressive career through her political commitment from the East CDU to the Berlin city council. Wolfgang Huber, an internationally recognized theologian who served as a bishop of the Evangelical Church in Berlin-Brandenburg, is also honored. Jürgen Klemann, an experienced lawyer and former district mayor of Zehlendorf, is also among the new city elder.

Hans-Georg Lorenz, a social democrat, and Petra Merkel, the president of the international federal government, have both campaigned for the social issues in Berlin for years. Andreas Statzkowski, who comes from the CDU, is involved in the area of ​​the Interior and Sport, while Dr. Elisabeth Ziemer, an art historian and restorer, is active for careful urban development. There are currently a total of 28 urban elders in Berlin, an institution that has been wins again and again since 1945, as well as de.wikipedia.org reports.