Klaus Tscheuschner (born October 22, 1956, in

Bielefeld Bielefeld () is a city in the Ostwestfalen-Lippe Region in the north-east of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. With a population of 341,755, it is also the most populous city in the administrative region (''Regierungsbezirk'') of Detmold and the ...

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) was Lord Mayor of

Flensburg Flensburg (; Danish, Low Saxon: ''Flensborg''; North Frisian: ''Flansborj''; South Jutlandic: ''Flensborre'') is an independent town (''kreisfreie Stadt'') in the north of the German state of Schleswig-Holstein. Flensburg is the centre of the ...

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, from January 2005 until January 2011.

Education and Occupation

Having graduated from the Bosse

Realschule ''Realschule'' () is a type of secondary school in Germany, Switzerland and Liechtenstein. It has also existed in Croatia (''realna gimnazija''), the Austrian Empire, the German Empire, Denmark and Norway (''realskole''), Sweden (''realskola''), ...

in Bielefeld in 1972, Klaus Tscheuschner did an apprenticeship as a clerical civil servant of the town Bielefeld, during which he worked in different areas until 1992. 1979 he obtained the higher education entrance qualification at the

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in Bielefeld. Afterwards, he studied at the

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until 1989 and at the Fachhochschule für öffentliche Verwaltung Nordrhein-Westfalen as well as the Verwaltungsakademie in

Ostwestfalen-Lippe Ostwestfalen-Lippe (, literally ''East(ern) Westphalia-Lippe'', abbreviation OWL) is the eastern region of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia, congruent with the administrative region of Detmold and containing the eastern part of Westph ...

. 1992/93 Tscheuschner was

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at the Studieninstitut für kommunale Verwaltung des Landes

Brandenburg Brandenburg (; nds, Brannenborg; dsb, Bramborska ) is a states of Germany, state in the northeast of Germany bordering the states of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Lower Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, and Saxony, as well as the country of Poland. With an ar ...

, before he returned to his hometown Bielefeld as a personal assistant of the town director.

Public Offices

Tscheuschner was partyless Lord Mayor of the town

Burg auf Fehmarn Fehmarn (, da, Femern; from Old Wagrian Slavic "''Fe More''", meaning "''In the Sea''") is an island in the Baltic Sea, off the eastern coast of Germany's northernmost state of Schleswig-Holstein. It is Germany's third-largest island, after Rüg ...

from 1995 to 2003 and took a stand for a fusion of all towns and municipalities on the

Fehmarn Fehmarn (, da, Femern; from Old Wagrian Slavic "''Fe More''", meaning "''In the Sea''") is an island in the Baltic Sea, off the eastern coast of Germany's northernmost state of Schleswig-Holstein. It is Germany's third-largest island, after Rüg ...

island into one single town. This goal was achieved on January 1, 2003, by founding the town Fehmarn. Because of this, he was elected Local Politician Of The Year 2002 by the

Schleswig-Holsteinischer Zeitungsverlag Schleswig-Holsteinischer Zeitungsverlag ("Schleswig-Holstein Newspaper publisher"), sh:z, is a newspaper group based in Flensburg, Schleswig-Holstein. With 22 daily newspapers, the group is the largest daily publisher in the state. sh:z's publicati ...

(Schleswig Holstein Newspaper Agency). On November 14, 2004, he was elected Lord Mayor of Flensburg, as a candidate for the CDU, during the second round of the election with 59.5% of the votes. He assumed this office in January 2005 and executed it until January 2011. His successor is

Simon Faber Simon Faber (born September 11, 1968 in Flensburg) is a Bundesrepublik Deutschland, German politician (Südschleswigscher Wählerverband) and was Lord Mayor of Flensburg between January 15, 2011 and January 15, 2017. Early life Faber graduated 19 ...

(SSW).

Family

Klaus Tscheuschner is married and has two daughters.

Honorary posts

From 1997 until 2003, he was chairperson of the Ostseebäderverband

Schleswig-Holstein Schleswig-Holstein (; da, Slesvig-Holsten; nds, Sleswig-Holsteen; frr, Slaswik-Holstiinj) is the northernmost of the 16 states of Germany, comprising most of the historical duchy of Holstein and the southern part of the former Duchy of Sch ...

. Simultaneously, he was assistant chairperson of the Tourismusverband Schleswig-Holstein.

Literature

Jörn-Peter Leppien: Kommunalpolitik im deutsch-dänischen Umfeld. Ein Interview mit dem bisherigen Flensburger Oberbürgermeister Klaus Tscheuschner. '' Grenzfriedenshefte'' 1/2011, S. 41-52.

External links

{{DEFAULTSORT:Tscheuschner, Klaus 1956 births Living people Politicians from Bielefeld Mayors of Flensburg Christian Democratic Union of Germany politicians People from Flensburg 20th-century German civil servants