Charlotte Britz

Charlotte Britz (born 27 February 1958) is a German politician who served as Mayor of Saarbrücken from 2004 until 2019.[1]

Charlotte Britz
Mayor of Saarbrücken
In office
1 October 2004 – 30 September 2019
DeputyKajo Breuer (2004–2010)
Ralf Latz (2010–)
Preceded byHajo Hoffmann (suspended)
Kajo Breuer (interim)
Succeeded byUwe Conradt
Deputy Leader of SPD Saar
Assumed office
2007
LeaderHeiko Maas (1999–2018)
Anke Rehlinger (2018–)
Head of Saarbrücken Social Department
In office
1996–2004
Member of Saarbrücken City Council
In office
1989–1996
Personal details
Born (1958-02-27) 27 February 1958
Ottweiler, Saarland, West Germany
Political partySPD
Children1

Politics

Charlotte Britz joined the Social Democratic Party (SPD) at the age of 16. She was first elected to the Saarbrücken City Council in 1989 and was re-elected in 1994. In 1996, she was elected Head of the City Social Department and subsequently resigned from her seat in the city council.

Britz ran for the position as mayor of Saarbrücken in 2004 and defeated the Christian Democratic candidate Josef Hecken in the runoff. In 2011, she was re-elected with an overall majority in the first ballot, avoiding a runoff. Ahead of the Saarland state election in 2017, she was considered a potential Social Democratic candidate for Minister-President of Saarland, but chose not to run.[2] Britz was nominated for the World Mayor Prize in 2018.

She sought a third term in the 2019 local elections and received the most votes in the first ballot on 26 May. In the runoff on 9 June, the Christian Democratic candidate Uwe Conradt defeated her narrowly by 0.6 percent, ending a 43 year long streak of Social Democratic mayors in Saarbrücken. Her term as mayor expired on 30 September 2019.[3]

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References
  1. "SPD-Kandidatin unterliegt : Erstmals seit 40 Jahren wird ein CDU-Politiker Oberbürgermeister in Saarbrücken". Spiegel Online. Retrieved 10 November 2019.
  2. Georgi, Oliver. "SPD im Saarland: Die „rote Charlotte" hält sich bereit" (in German). ISSN 0174-4909. Retrieved 10 November 2019.
  3. "Uwe Conradt tritt Amt als OB an | Landeshauptstadt Saarbrücken". www.saarbruecken.de (in German). Retrieved 10 November 2019.
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