Peter Röhlinger (born 8 February 1939) is a German politician and member of the Free Democratic Party. From 1990 to 2006 he was the mayor (''Oberbürgermeister'') of the city of

Jena Jena (; ) is a List of cities and towns in Germany, city in Germany and the second largest city in Thuringia. Together with the nearby cities of Erfurt and Weimar, it forms the central metropolitan area of Thuringia with approximately 500,000 in ...

and from 2009 to 2013 he was an elected representative in the

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Personal life

Röhlinger began his studies in

veterinary medicine Veterinary medicine is the branch of medicine that deals with the prevention, management, medical diagnosis, diagnosis, and treatment of disease, disorder, and injury in non-human animals. The scope of veterinary medicine is wide, covering all a ...

at the

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in 1958, and following the successful completion of his exams in 1964 worked as a veterinarian in a state-owned veterinary practice. He was soon afterwards employed as a lecturer and scientist in the School for Veterinary Medicine (''Fachschule für Veterinärmedizin'') in Beichlingen. He later completed the promotion A and B from the University of Leipzig. Röhlinger is Catholic and has three children.

Politics

During the 1990 mayoral election in Jena, the main political parties agreed to a suggestion put forward by the

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to throw their collective support behind Röhlinger, the FDP candidate. Röhlinger was re-elected in 1994 and 2000. Within the Thuringian FDP, Röhlinger held the position of provincial chairman (''Landesvorsitze'') from 3 December 1994 to 20 March 1999. He was also a member of the FDP

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. In the

2009 German federal election The 2009 German federal election was held in Germany on 27 September 2009 to elect the members of the 17th Bundestag. The Christian Democratic Union (Germany), Christian Democratic Union (CDU), its Bavarian sister party, the Christian Social Uni ...

, Röhlinger was elected to the Bundestag on place 2 of the provincial list of FDP for Thuringia. As a FDP direct candidate in

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, he received 9.7% of the first votes. He did not run again during the

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. On 26 February 2016, Röhlinger was awarded honorary citizenship of the city of Jena in recognition of his achievements as mayor.

References

External links

Biography from the Bundetag (archive)

Peter Röhlinger on the site for the Friedrich Naumann Foundation
(in German) {{DEFAULTSORT:Rohlinger, Peter Members of the Bundestag for Thuringia Mayors of Jena German veterinarians Liberal Democratic Party of Germany politicians 1939 births Living people Members of the Bundestag 2009–2013 Members of the Bundestag for the Free Democratic Party (Germany)