Florian Josef Janik (born 6 March 1980 in

Erlangen Erlangen (; East Franconian German, East Franconian: ''Erlang'', Bavarian language, Bavarian: ''Erlanga'') is a Middle Franconian city in Bavaria, Germany. It is the seat of the administrative district Erlangen-Höchstadt (former administrative d ...

) is a German politician and mayor of Erlangen since 1 May 2014.

Biography

In July 1999 Janik completed Abitur at the Ohm-Gymnasium in Erlangen. In 1999 and 2000 he attended

civilian service Alternative civilian service, also called alternative services, civilian service, non-military service, and substitute service, is a form of national service performed in lieu of military conscription for various reasons, such as conscientious ...

at the ''Arbeiter-Samariter-Bund''

Erlangen-Höchstadt Erlangen-Höchstadt is a ''Landkreis'' (district) in Bavaria, Germany. It is bounded by (from the south and clockwise) the districts of Fürth, Neustadt (Aisch)-Bad Windsheim, Bamberg, Forchheim and Nürnberger Land, and by the cities of Nurembe ...

. He studied social science at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg from 2001 to 2005. Since 2005 he was scientific employee at the

Bundesagentur für Arbeit The Bundesagentur für Arbeit (Federal Employment Agency, BA) is a German federal agency in the area of responsibility of the Federal Ministry for Labour and Social Affairs and has its headquarters in Nuremberg. Its current director is Andrea Na ...

. Florian Janik is married to Sylvia Janik and has two children, Lotta Janik (born 2009) and Max Janik (born 2011).

Political career

In 1998, Janik joined the

SPD The Social Democratic Party of Germany (german: Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands, ; SPD, ) is a centre-left social democratic political party in Germany. It is one of the major parties of contemporary Germany. Saskia Esken has been t ...

and became member of Erlangen's

town council A town council, city council or municipal council is a form of local government for small municipalities. Usage of the term varies under different jurisdictions. Republic of Ireland Town Councils in the Republic of Ireland were the second ti ...

in 2002. In 2008, he took over the leadership of his coalition party. In the mayor election on 16 March 2014 he got 37.2% of all votes. In the final ballot on 20 March 2014 he won against the previous mayor

Siegfried Balleis Siegfried Balleis (born August 4, 1953) is a German politician, representative of the Christian Social Union of Bavaria. In 1996 he was elected Oberbürgermeister for the town of Erlangen.cfinauguration speech He was in office until April 2014. ...

(

CSU CSU may refer to: * Channel service unit, a Wide area network equivalent of a network interface card * Chari Aviation Services, Chad, by ICAO airline code * Christian Social Union (UK), an Anglican social gospel organisation * Christian Social Un ...

). His term began on 1 May 2014. In the local elections on March 15, 2020, he competed against seven competitors and won 39.2% of the votes in the first round. In the runoff election on March 29, 2020, he won 54.5% of the vote against Jörg Volleth (CSU). Janik will thus remains Lord Mayor of Erlangen until April 30, 2026.

Publications

* ''Aus betrieblicher Perspektive: Arbeitsmarktanalysen anhand des IAB-Betriebspanels'', 2010

References

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