23 Facts About Peter Kurz

Peter Kurz was born on 1962 and is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party of Germany.

Peter Kurz was the Lord mayor of Mannheim, the second-largest city in the German state of Baden-Wurttemberg, from 4 August 2007 to 3 August 2023.

Peter Kurz was born on 6 November 1962 in Mannheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany.

Peter Kurz then worked as a trainee lawyer in Mannheim, Speyer, Heidelberg and San Diego.

In 1994 Kurz became a judge at the Karlsruhe Administrative Court.

Peter Kurz joined the SPD while still at school and became involved with Jusos, the party's working group for young people.

In 1985, Peter Kurz founded the association Biotopia, which he managed up to the beginning of 1999.

In early 1994, Peter Kurz assumed the chairmanship of the SPD parliamentary group in the municipal council, an office which he held up to 1999.

Peter Kurz became a member of the SPD state executive board in Baden Wuerttemberg in 1995.

Peter Kurz assumed the office of full-time Deputy Mayor for Education, Culture and Sport in Mannheim in 1999.

In 2010 Peter Kurz successfully campaigned for the retention of the Jobcenter.

In 2018, Peter Kurz was elected President of the Baden-Wuerttemberg Association of German Cities and voted into the steering committee of the Association of German Cities, he accompanied these tasks until 3 August 2023.

From April 2018 to January 2020, Peter Kurz represented the German Cities in the European Committee of the Regions.

Peter Kurz has been a deputy member from January 2020.

At European level, Peter Kurz has been a deputy member of the steering committee of the German section of the Council of European Municipalities and Regions since 2010.

Peter Kurz was actively involved in the establishment of the Global Parliament of Mayors in 2016 and was deputy chairperson up to November 2019.

At the Annual General Meeting of the GPM, which took place in Durban, South Africa, from 9 to 11 November 2019, Peter Kurz was appointed as chair and headed it until he left the office of Lord Mayor.

From 17 to 20 October 2016 Peter Kurz took part in the HABITAT III Conference of the United Nations in Quito, Ecuador.

In September 2019, as the first German municipal representative invited to do so, Peter Kurz had the opportunity to give what is known as a "voluntary local review" at the SDG Summit in New York, and thus present the strategies employed by the City of Mannheim to implement the SDGs at municipal level.

At this multi-day summit, Peter Kurz represented the UCLG, the GPM and the CEMR.

On 14 September 2021, Peter Kurz received the World Mayor International Award 2021.

Peter Kurz stands firm in his belief that only cooperation can solve international challenges and influence national developments.

Peter Kurz chaired the following supervisory boards of municipal subsidiaries and holdings:.