“s mayor Klaus Wowereit has said he will step down on 11 December amid an ongoing row over the city”
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Klaus Wowereit
Klaus Wowereit is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) and was the Governing Mayor of Berlin from 21 October 2001 to 11 December 2014. In 2001 state elections his party won a plurality of the votes, 29.7%. He served as President of the Bundesrat in 2001/02. His SPD-led coalition was re-elected in the 2006 elections; after the 2011 elections the SPD's coalition partner changed f…
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politics · German politician · politician · autobiographer · non-fiction writer · lawyer · LGBTQ rights activist · mayor · also Klaus Wowereit, Wowereit
Born 1 October 1953 · Q8863
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2021· 2 entries
Awarded Stadtältester von Berlin (2021).
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Süddeutsche Zeitung: Berlin - Müller: Klaus Wowereit hat vielen anderen Mut gemacht
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2019· 1 entry
Fr: Klaus Wowereit zeigt ein wenig Einsicht
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2018· 1 entry
Berliner Zeitung: Klaus Wowereit hat ein Buch geschrieben. „Sexy, aber nicht mehr so arm: Mein Berlin“ heißt es
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2017· 1 entry
Briefly arbitrated wage negotiations between Eurowings and UFO, a flight attendant trade union
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2014· 1 entry
Berliner Zeitung: Zum Abschied von Klaus Wowereit: Und das war auch gut so!
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2011· 2 entries
Awarded Great Cross with Star and Sash of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (2011).
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Mayor Wowereit published Mut zur Integration – für ein neues Miteinander ("Courage for integration – for a new together")
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2010· 2 entries
However, von Beust resigned in 2010 and Delanoë left office in 2014, making Wowereit the only gay mayor of a major European city or of a major German city.
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And Delanoë left office in 2014, making Wowereit the only gay mayor of a major European city or of a major German city
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2008· 1 entry
Awarded language adulterator award (2008).
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2007· 1 entry
Career landmark: Commissioner for Franco-German Cooperation (2007–2010).
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2003· 1 entry
Wowereit declared that "Berlin ist arm, aber sexy" ("Berlin is poor, but sexy"), a description that reflected on the one hand the city's working class history and on-going financial woes, and on the other its cultural vi
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2001· 4 entries
Career landmark: Governing Mayor of Berlin (2001–2014).
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State elections his party won a plurality of the votes, 29
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Career landmark: President of the Bundesrat of Germany (2001–2002).
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In coming out, prior to the 2001 mayoral elections, he coined the now famous German phrase "Ich bin schwul, und das ist auch gut so." ("I'm gay, and that's a good thing.") In his autobiography, Wowereit states that his decision to come out in public was made because after his nomination as candidate to become the Mayor of Berlin, he felt that the German tabloids were already "on the right track".
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1953· 1 entry
Born 1953-10-01.
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