Simon Faber (born September 11, 1968 in
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 ...
) is a
German
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politician (
Südschleswigscher Wählerverband
da, Sydslesvigsk Vælgerforening frr, Söödschlaswiksche Wäälerferbånd
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) and was Lord Mayor of Flensburg between January 15, 2011 and January 15, 2017.
Early life
Faber graduated 1987 from the
Danish highschool in Flensburg, having achieved his
Abitur
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. After
military service, he studied at the
University of Aarhus and at
The Royal Academy of Music
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in the
Danish
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town
Aarhus
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. Having worked for a Danish publisher for some time, he became the director's intendant of
Danmarks Radio radio orchestra from 2002 to 2004.
Since 2004 he has been living in Flensburg again. In 2010 he was cultural policy consultant for the
Danish minority in Germany
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at the
Danish Parliament.
In May 2010, the Südschleswigsche Wählerverband nominated him as a candidate for the mayoral election of Flensburg on October 31, 2010. In the first round of election he was second to
Elfi Heesch (CDU und Bündnis 90/Die Grünen, 25.1%) with 19.4% of the votes and before Thede Boysen (SPD, 18.2%). During the second round of election on November 21, 2010, he won (with 54.8%) through Elfi Heesch (45.2%).
Faber succeeded previous lord mayor
Klaus Tscheuschner
Klaus Tscheuschner (born October 22, 1956, in Bielefeld, West Germany) was Lord Mayor of Flensburg, Germany, from January 2005 until January 2011.
Education and Occupation
Having graduated from the Bosse Realschule in Bielefeld in 1972, Klaus ...
on January 15, 2011 who didn't run for the post again.
Goals
Faber thinks that Flensburg's location at the Danish border is the town's biggest chance. That's why he wants to cooperate with Denmark more than ever before. For example, he argued in favour of the election of
Sønderborg as
Kulturhauptstadt Europas in 2017, which would have included
Sønderjylland (Northern Schleswig) as well as
Southern Schleswig, and thus Flensburg. Together with Denmark, he wants to make the region attractive for regional politics again, to prevent the imminent closing of the Flensburg grounds of the
Landestheater or the
JVA.
Apart from that, Faber wants to achieve a „sustainable, transparent strategy for the Stadtwerke“.
Flensburger Tageblatt: „Sie hinterlassen uns eine gute Stadt“, 10. Januar 2011
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External links
Biographische Angaben auf der Homepage des Südschleswigscher Wählerverband
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Faber, Simon
1968 births
Living people
Mayors of Flensburg
Aarhus University alumni