Burkhard Jung (born 7 March 1958 in
Siegen
Siegen () is a city in Germany, in the south Westphalian part of North Rhine-Westphalia.
It is located in the district of Siegen-Wittgenstein in the Arnsberg region. The university town (nearly 20,000 students in the 2018–2019 winter semest ...
) is a German
politician
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of the
Social Democratic Party
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Active parties
Fo ...
(SPD) who has been the 21st lord mayor (''Oberbürgermeister'') of
Leipzig
Leipzig ( , ; Upper Saxon: ) is the most populous city in the German state of Saxony. Leipzig's population of 605,407 inhabitants (1.1 million in the larger urban zone) as of 2021 places the city as Germany's eighth most populous, as ...
(
Saxony
Saxony (german: Sachsen ; Upper Saxon: ''Saggsn''; hsb, Sakska), officially the Free State of Saxony (german: Freistaat Sachsen, links=no ; Upper Saxon: ''Freischdaad Saggsn''; hsb, Swobodny stat Sakska, links=no), is a landlocked state of ...
) since March 29, 2006. In addition, he has been president of the
Association of German Cities
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since 2019; he is the first representative of an East German city in that office.
Other activities
Corporate boards
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European Energy Exchange
European Energy Exchange (EEX) AG is a central European electric power and related commodities exchange located in Leipzig, Germany. It develops, operates and connects secure, liquid and transparent markets for energy and related products, inc ...
(EEX), Member of the Supervisory Board
*
Leipzig Trade Fair, Chairman of the Supervisory Board
* Leipziger Versorgungs- und Verkehrsgesellschaft (LVV), Chairman of the Supervisory Board
* Mitteldeutsche Flughafen AG, Member of the Supervisory Board
*
VNG – Verbundnetz Gas (EEX), Member of the Advisory Board
*
Sachsen Bank, Member of the Supervisory Board (-2018)
Non-profit organizations
* Business Forum of the Social Democratic Party of Germany, Member of the Political Advisory Board (since 2020)
* American Friends of the Gewandhaus Orchestra Leipzig, Member of the Board of Directors
*
HHL Leipzig Graduate School of Management, Member of the Supervisory Board
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Leipzig University of Applied Sciences
The Leipzig University of Applied Sciences, in German the Hochschule für Technik, Wirtschaft und Kultur (HTWK), is a Fachhochschule in Leipzig, in the Saxony
Saxony (german: Sachsen ; Upper Saxon German, Upper Saxon: ''Saggsn''; hsb, Sa ...
(HTWK), Member of the Board of Trustees
*
Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in the Sciences
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MiS) in Leipzig is a research institute of the Max Planck Society. Founded on March 1, 1996, the institute works on projects which apply mathematics in various areas of natural science ...
, Member of the Board of Trustees
* Stiftung Lebendige Stadt, Member of the Board of Trustees
Personal life
From 1980 until their 2014 divorce, Jung was married to Juliane Kirchner. They have four children, including actress
Alissa Jung
Alissa Jung (born 30 June 1981) is a German actress and physician.
Early life
Alissa Jung was born in Münster to Juliane Kirchner and Burkhard Jung ( SPD), the Lord Mayor of Leipzig (Saxony) since 2006. She is the eldest of four sisters, an ...
.
He married Ayleena Wagner in 2016, and their daughter was born in 2018.
See also
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List of Social Democratic Party of Germany politicians
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* Sanae Abdi
* Karl Aberle
* Wolfgang Abendroth
* Kurt Adams
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References
1958 births
Living people
Mayors of Leipzig
Social Democratic Party of Germany politicians
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