Dieter Salomon
| Dieter Salomon | |
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| Mayor of Freiburg | |
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In office 2002 – current |
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| Preceded by | Rolf Böhme |
| Majority | 64.4% |
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| Born | 9 August 1960 Melbourne, Australia |
| Political party | Alliance '90/The Greens |
| Spouse(s) | Helen Hall-Salomon |
| Children | 1 |
| Occupation | Politician, Mayor |
| Website | http://www.dieter-salomon.de |
Dieter Salomon (born 9 August 1960 in Melbourne, Australia) is a German politician and mayor of Freiburg im Breisgau. He is a member of the Alliance '90/The Greens.
Dieter Salomon grew up in the German Allgäu. He received his Abitur in 1979 in Oberstdorf and moved to Freiburg to study Political Science, Public Finance and Roman Philology. He received a Doctor of Philosophy degree from the University of Freiburg in 1991. During his time as a student he became active in the local chapter of the Alliance '90/The Greens.
He was married to Helen Hall-Salomon and has one child from a previous marriage. Since 2011 he lived separated from his wife At the end of 2015 he married his new partnerin in Melbourne, Helga Mayer.
From 1990 until 2000 Salomon was a member of Freiburg city council, and was a member of the Landtag of Baden-Württemberg from 1992. From April 2002, he was the head of the Baden-Württemberg Green Party fraction and lead candidate for state elections.
Salomon became mayor of Freiburg on 1 July 2002, after receiving 64.4% of votes on the second ballot held on 5 May 2002, thereby becoming the first Green mayor of a large German city and only the second or third in the whole of Germany. Once elected mayor of Freiburg, he resigned his position in the Landtag. Within the Green Party, he is considered a Realo.
Salomon served as a Green Party delegate to the Federal Convention for the purpose of electing the President of Germany in 2012.
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