Preceded by Rolf Bohme Name Dieter Salomon Majority 64.4% Role German Politician | Children 1 Spouse Helen Salomon Occupation Politician, Mayor Party Alliance '90/The Greens | |
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Political party Alliance '90/The Greens Education Albert Ludwigs University of Freiburg | ||
Natürlich Freiburg - Dieter Salomon
VAG Freiburg Eröffnung Messestraßenbahn Andacht Oberbürgermeister Dieter Salomon 11.12.2015
Dieter Salomon (born 9 August 1960 in Melbourne, Australia) is a German politician and mayor of Freiburg im Breisgau. He is a member of the Alliance '90/The Greens.
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- Natrlich Freiburg Dieter Salomon
- VAG Freiburg Erffnung Messestraenbahn Andacht Oberbrgermeister Dieter Salomon 11122015
- Biography
- Political career
- Other activities
- Written Works
- References
Biography
Dieter 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.
He was married to Helen Hall-Salomon, and has one child from a previous marriage. Since 2011, he lived separated from his wife. At the end of 2015, he married his new partner in Melbourne, Helga Mayer.
Political career
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. Once elected mayor of Freiburg, he resigned his position in the Landtag. Within the Green Party, he is considered a Realo.
Salomon served as a Green Party delegate to the Federal Convention for the purpose of electing the President of Germany in 2012.