Jochen Ott (9 May 1974 in

Porz Porz () is a borough or ''Stadtbezirk'' of Cologne, Germany. It is situated on the east side of the Rhine in the south-east of the city. Porz is the largest borough of Cologne by area at 78.92 km2 and has 113,500 inhabitants. Porz borders ...

) is a German teacher and politician of the

Social Democrats Social democracy is a political, social, and economic philosophy within socialism that supports political and economic democracy. As a policy regime, it is described by academics as advocating economic and social interventions to promote so ...

(SPD) who has been serving as member of the

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since 2010.

Political career

From 2011 until 2019, Ott served as the leader of the party in

Cologne Cologne ( ; german: Köln ; ksh, Kölle ) is the largest city of the German western state of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) and the fourth-most populous city of Germany with 1.1 million inhabitants in the city proper and 3.6 millio ...

. In 2015, he unsuccessfully ran to become Mayor of Cologne; he eventually suspended his mayoral election campaign in 2015 after the stabbing of his main rival

Henriette Reker Henriette Reker (born 9 December 1956) is a German lawyer and independent politician. She is known for her pro-immigration stance and for being the victim of an assassination attempt in 2015. A day after the attack, Reker was elected mayor of C ...

. In parliament, Ott serves on the Committee on Education.

Other activities

Corporate boards

* NRW.BANK, Member of the Advisory Board (since 2018) *

Cologne Bonn Airport Cologne Bonn Airport (german: Flughafen Köln/Bonn 'Konrad Adenauer') is the international airport of Germany's fourth-largest city Cologne, and also serves Bonn, former capital of West Germany. With around 12.4 million passengers passing thr ...

, Deputy Chairman of the Supervisory Board *RheinCargo, Member of the Supervisory Board

Non-profit organization

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(WDR), Alternate Member of the Broadcasting CouncilMembers of the Broadcasting Council

(WDR). * Education and Science Workers' Union (GEW), Member

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Social Democratic Party of Germany politicians Living people 1974 births {{Germany-SPD-politician-stub