Stephan von Dassel (born 1967) is a German politician for the

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and since 2016 'Bezirksbürgermeister' (district mayor) of the Berlin

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. He is not part of the historical noble family von Dassel.

Life and politics

Von Dassel was born 1967 in the westgerman city of

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and studied

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at the

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. Von Dassel entered the Greens in the 80's and became Bezirksbürgermeister of Berlin-Mitte in 2016. He was reelected in September 2021.

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