Dr. Dieter Salomon | |
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Mayor of Freiburg | |
In office 2002 – current |
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Preceded by | Rolf Böhme |
Majority | 64.4% |
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Born | August 9, 1960 Melbourne, Australia |
Political party | Alliance '90/The Greens |
Spouse(s) | Helen Hall-Salomon |
Children | 1 |
Occupation | Politician, Mayor |
Website | http://www.dieter-salomon.de |
Dr. Dieter Salomon (born August 9, 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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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 Dr. Phil 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 is married to Helen Hall-Salomon and has one child from a previous marriage.
From 1990 until 2000 he 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.
He became mayor of Freiburg on July 1, 2002, after receiving 64.4% of votes on the second ballot held May 5, 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.