Elke Christina Roeder (born November 27, 1966 in
Simmern/Hunsrück) is a German politician and a member of the
Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD). Since 2018 she is Lord Mayor of the city of
Norderstedt, which borders
Hamburg
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Life
Roeder was born on November 27, 1966 in
Simmern/Hunsrück and grew up in
Wentorf bei Hamburg
Wentorf bei Hamburg is a municipality in the district of Lauenburg, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It is situated on the river Bille, approx. 10 km northwest of the town of Geesthacht, and adjoining the town of Reinbek. It is situated on ...
. She is a trained
jurist and qualified bank clerk. She completed her law studies at the
Leibniz University Hannover.
She was mayor of
Bad Pyrmont from 2006 to 2014. On October 18, 2011, she joined the SPD. The SPD had already supported her mayoral candidacy in 2006. In addition, she was chairman of the supervisory board of Stadtwerke Bad Pyrmont. After the mayoral election on 25 May 2014, she was succeeded by Klaus Blome (independent) as mayor on 1 November 2014.
Roeder is also a member of the main committee of the
Deutscher Städtetag
The Deutscher Städtetag (Association of German Cities) is an organization that represents interests of cities in Germany. It began in 1905, dissolved in 1933, then re-formed in 1945. As of 2019 some 200 cities comprise its membership. The associat ...
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On 19 November 2014, Elke Christina Roeder was nominated by the SPD Neumünster as a candidate for mayoral election on 10 May 2015. She lost the election significantly with 34.5% against the non-partisan incumbent Olaf Tauras (59.8%). There was no runoff. She worked in the planning and environmental committee of the city and belonged to the SPD Kreisverband Neumünster as a member of the local association West.
For the election to the German Bundestag 2017, she ran on place 11 of the SPD Schleswig-Holstein state party list, but did not enter the Bundestag.
The SPD selected Roeder as their candidate for the mayoral election in Norderstedt. She succeeded Hans-Joachim Grote, who is now Minister of the Interior of Schleswig-Holstein. On the first ballot on 5 November 2017, Elke Christina Roeder received 24.17% of the vote.
In the election on 26 November 2017, she was elected mayor with 55.33% of the vote.
External links
Vorläufiges Ergebnis der Bürgermeister-Direktwahl in der Stadt Bad Pyrmont vom 10. September 2006Das Wahlergebnis der Bürgermeisterwahl Bad Pyrmont, 10. September 2006Website von Elke Christina Roeder*
ttp://www.abendblatt.de/region/norderstedt/article211442301/Die-SPD-schickt-Elke-Christina-Roeder-ins-Rennen.html ''Die SPD schickt Elke Christine Roeder ins Rennen.''In: Hamburger Abendblatt
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Roeder, Elke Christina
Living people
1966 births
Social Democratic Party of Germany politicians
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Women mayors of places in Germany
Mayors of places in Schleswig-Holstein
People from Simmern
University of Hanover alumni
21st-century German politicians
21st-century German women politicians