Otti Geschka (born Ottilie Bördner; 27 December 1939) is a German
pediatric nurse
Pediatrics ( also spelled ''paediatrics'' or ''pædiatrics'') is the branch of medicine that involves the medical care of infants, children, adolescents, and young adults. In the United Kingdom, paediatrics covers many of their youth until t ...
and politician. Being a member of the
Christian Democratic Union (CDU) she was elected as the first female mayor of
Rüsselsheim,
Hesse, in 1993 and was in office until 1999. She also served in the
Parliament of Hesse
The Landtag of Hesse (german: link=no, Hessischer Landtag) is the unicameral parliament of the State of Hesse in the Federal Republic of Germany. It convenes in the Stadtschloss in Wiesbaden. As a legislature it is responsible for passing l ...
representing CDU for two terms.
Early life and education
She was born Ottile Bördner in
Selters-Haintchen on 27 December 1939.
[ She was trained as a pediatric nurse between 1955 and 1957.]
Career
Following her graduation she worked as a nurse at the University Hospital in Mainz.[ In 1968 Geschka joined the CDU and became a member of the municipal council in Bauschheim.][ In two periods between 1978 and 1987 and between 1991 and 1993 she was a member of the Parliament of Hesse.][ On 18 July 1993 she was elected as the mayor of Rüsselsheim being the first woman to hold the post.][ From 2000 to 2001 she was the general secretary of the CDU in the Hesse region.][
]
Personal life
Geschka is married to Horst Geschka who is a retired academic and has two children.[ They live in ]Darmstadt
Darmstadt () is a city in the States of Germany, state of Hesse in Germany, located in the southern part of the Frankfurt Rhine Main Area, Rhine-Main-Area (Frankfurt Metropolitan Region). Darmstadt has around 160,000 inhabitants, making it th ...
.[ She is the recipient of the Elisabeth Selbert Prize in 2013][
]
References
External links
{{DEFAULTSORT:Geschka, Otti
20th-century German women politicians
1939 births
Living people
Christian Democratic Union of Germany politicians
German women nurses
Women mayors of places in Germany
Mayors of places in Hesse
People from Limburg-Weilburg