Ulrich Mäurer is a German lawyer and politician (

SPD The Social Democratic Party of Germany (german: Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands, ; SPD, ) is a centre-left social democratic political party in Germany. It is one of the major parties of contemporary Germany. Saskia Esken has been the ...

). He is Minister for the interior in the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen.

Life

Mäurer studied law at the University in Marburg and

Bremen Bremen (Low German also: ''Breem'' or ''Bräm''), officially the City Municipality of Bremen (german: Stadtgemeinde Bremen, ), is the capital of the German state Free Hanseatic City of Bremen (''Freie Hansestadt Bremen''), a two-city-state consis ...

and reached his degree in 1978. He became Assessor in Bremen Administration and worked later in several positions at the law, corrections and interior departments of the state of Bremen. In November 1987 he became head of the law-education center of Bremen.

Politic

In 1970 Mäurer became a member of German Social Democratic Party (SPD). In 1997 he became state secretary at Senator for law and the constitution. In 2008 he followed

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as Minister for Interior and Sport (Senat Böhrnsen II). The office of Ministers in the Free Hanseatic Citys is called Senator. In 2013 as Senator for the Interior he prohibited the most violent

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in Bremen, Hells Angels MC and Mongols MC. Both gangs were deeply involved in organized crime. The

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, a large family of Lebanese origin with an estimated 2,600 members, were dominating the Mongols MC, while the Hells Angels had connections to far-right hooligans. In 2014 he would be known for his initiative to charge

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(DFB) for the regular massive police present at football matches, which was paid until than by public money from taxes.

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(DFL) denied this and it went to court.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Maurer, Ulrich Living people Politicians from Bremen (city) Social Democratic Party of Germany politicians Members of the Bürgerschaft of Bremen 1951 births Senators of Bremen