Katja Dörner (born 18 February 1976) is a German politician of the

Alliance 90/The Greens Alliance 90/The Greens (, ), often simply referred to as Greens (, ), is a Green (politics), green political party in Germany. It was formed in 1993 by the merger of the Greens (formed in West Germany in 1980) and Alliance 90 (formed in East Ger ...

who has been serving as mayor of

Bonn Bonn () is a federal city in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia, located on the banks of the Rhine. With a population exceeding 300,000, it lies about south-southeast of Cologne, in the southernmost part of the Rhine-Ruhr region. This ...

since 2020. From 2009 until 2020, she was a member of the

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Education and early career

Dörner studied

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in at the universities of

York York is a cathedral city in North Yorkshire, England, with Roman Britain, Roman origins, sited at the confluence of the rivers River Ouse, Yorkshire, Ouse and River Foss, Foss. It has many historic buildings and other structures, such as a Yor ...

and

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from 1995 until 2000. From 2001 until 2003, Dörner worked as a legislative adviser to Sylvia Löhrmann, then the chairwoman of the Green Party's parliamentary group in the

Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia The Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia is the state parliament (''Landtag'') of the German federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia, which convenes in the state capital of Düsseldorf, in the eastern part of the district of Düsseldorf-Hafen, Hafen ...

. She subsequently advised the parliamentary group on education and vocational training policies from 2003 until 2009.

Political career

Dörner first became a member of the German

in the 2009 elections, representing

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. In parliament, she served on the Committee on Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women, and Youth. From 2009 until 2013, she was also a member of the Budget Committee, where she served as

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on the annual budget of the Federal Ministry of the Interior. In addition to her committee assignments, she was a member of the German-British Parliamentary Friendship Group. From 2013 until 2020, Dörner served as vice-chair of the Green Party's parliamentary group, under the leadership of Katrin Göring-Eckardt and Anton Hofreiter. In the – unsuccessful – negotiations to form a

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with the Christian Democrats – both the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and the

Christian Social Union in Bavaria The Christian Social Union in Bavaria ( German: , CSU) is a Christian democratic and conservative political party in Germany. Having a regionalist identity, the CSU operates only in Bavaria while its larger counterpart, the Christian Democra ...

(CSU) – and the Free Democratic Party following the 2017 elections, Dörner was part of her party's delegation. In August 2019, Dörner announced her intention to become Mayor of Bonn. She was elected in a run-off election on 27 September 2020 with 56.27% of the vote, becoming Bonn's second-ever female mayor. In the negotiations to form a

under the leadership of

Minister-President of North Rhine-Westphalia The Minister-President of North Rhine-Westphalia (), also referred to as Premier or Prime Minister, is the head of government of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia (''NRW''). The position was created in 1946, when the British administr ...

Hendrik Wüst Hendrik Josef Wüst (born 19 July 1975) is a German politician serving as Minister-President of North Rhine-Westphalia, Minister-President of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia since 2021. He is a member of the Christian Democratic Union of Ger ...

following the 2022 state elections, Dörner was part of her party’s delegation.

Other activities

Government bodies

* German Council for Sustainable Development (RNE), Member (since 2023, appointed ad personam by

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)

Non-profit organizations

* Bonn International Award for Democracy, Chair of the Board of Trustees (since 2022) * Institut Solidarische Moderne (ISM), Member (since 2010) *

German Foundation for World Population DSW () is an international private non-profit foundation addressing Sexual & Reproductive Health (SRH) and population dynamics. DSW funds its project and advocacy work from private donations and the financial support of governments, foundations ...

(DSW), Member of the Parliamentary Advisory Board (–2020) * Plan International Deutschland, Member of the Board of Trustees *

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, Member

Personal life

Dörner has lived in

since 1995. In Berlin, she shared an apartment with Oliver Krischer.Vinzenz Greiner (1 July 2015)
Parlament und Pumpernickel
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''.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Dorner, Katja Members of the Bundestag for North Rhine-Westphalia 1976 births Living people Alumni of the University of Edinburgh Alumni of the University of York People from Siegen Members of the Bundestag 2017–2021 Members of the Bundestag 2013–2017 Members of the Bundestag 2009–2013 Members of the Bundestag for Alliance 90/The Greens University of Bonn alumni