Dieter Reiter | |
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Mayor of Munich | |
Assumed office 1 May 2014 |
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Preceded by | Christian Ude |
Personal details | |
Born |
Rain, Swabia |
May 19, 1958
Nationality | German |
Political party | Social Democratic Party |
Spouse(s) | Petra Reiter (2003 - present) |
Children | 1 |
Dieter Reiter (born 19 May 1958 in Rain, Swabia) is a German politician and the current mayor of Munich, the capital of the state of Bavaria. He is a member of the Social Democratic Party.
Reiter studied at the Fachhochschule für öffentliche Verwaltung und Rechtspflege in Hof, where he finished 1981. On the 30. march 2014 he was voted with 56,7% of votes Lord Mayor of Munich. He succeeded Christian Ude, Lord Mayor from 1993-2014. Reiter was a SPD delegate to the Federal Convention for the purpose of electing the President of Germany in 2017.
Reiter has been married twice, and is the father of a son from his first marriage. His second wife, Petra, has two children of her own from a previous relationship.