Mayor of Frankfurt-am-Main

Two people have been Mayor of Frankfurt since elections began in 1995.

The Mayor of Frankfurt-am-Main (Oberbürgermeister (male) or Oberbürgermeisterin (female), sometimes translated "Lord Mayor") is the highest-ranking member of city government in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. Since 1995, the position has been directly-elected. Two people have held the position since the introduction of elections: Petra Roth (CDU) and Peter Feldmann (SPD). Prior to this, the mayor was elected by the city council.

The mayor is "first among equals" on the city cabinet (Magistrat), and acts as the cabinet's spokesperson. The mayor is also responsible for the policies of local government departments and oversees the city's administration.^[1]

History

Daniel Heinrich Mumm von Schwarzenstein, first modern mayor of Frankfurt.

The Free City of Frankfurt, as a state in the Holy Roman Empire and later the German Confederation, had various leadership structures, the most durable of which saw the city with two mayors: Senior Mayor (Ältere Bürgermeister) and Junior Mayor (Jüngere Bürgermeister).^[2] The present position of Oberbürgermeister was introduced in 1868 following the occupation of the city by the Kingdom of Prussia. Through the second half of the 19th century and first half of the 20th century, Frankfurt's mayors oversaw the development of Frankfurt into a major centre for trade and culture.^[3]

In 1933 following the appointment of Adolf Hitler as Chancellor of Germany, Ludwig Landmann – Frankfurt's first Jewish mayor – was expelled from the council, and Nazi Party member Friedrich Krebs was appointed in his place. Although the left-wing SPD and Communist Party had an overall majority on the council, they were excluded from the council session that confirmed Krebs' appointment.^[3]

Krebs remained in office until the US military captured the city in March 1945. The US military governorship that followed appointed trusted democrats as mayor to oversee the immediate denazification of the city administration and the beginnings of reconstruction. Council elections resumed in July 1946, and the SPD held the mayorship for the next thirty years. The rebuilding of Frankfurt was a significant topic in these years.^[3]

Following a statewide referendum, the office of mayor in Hesse became directly-elected. Frankfurt's first mayoral election was held in 1995 and saw a surprise victory for CDU candidate Petra Roth over the incumbent Andreas von Schoeler (SPD). Since then, mayoral elections have been noted as especially personality-driven, and candidates regularly defy national party trends to become increasingly popular over the course of their mayoralty.^[4] Roth increased her majority over the course of her mayorship, winning in 2007 in the first round with 60.5% of the vote.^[5] After Roth resigned in 2012, Peter Feldmann (SPD) won a surprise victory over Boris Rhein (CDU), the Hessian interior minister, and he too saw a significant increase vote increase in his second election in 2018.^[6]

Oberbürgermeister since 1868

Since 1868 there have been 19 mayors of Frankfurt: 14 indirectly-elected, 3 appointed and 2 directly-elected.^[3]

Term		Name		Selection method
1868	1880	Daniel Heinrich Mumm von Schwarzenstein	Independent	Indirect election
1880	1890	Johannes von Miquel	NLP	Indirect election
1890	1912	Franz Adickes	Independent liberal	Indirect election
1912	1924	Georg Voigt	DDP	Indirect election
1924	1933	Ludwig Landmann	DDP	Indirect election
1933	1945	Friedrich Krebs	NSDAP	Appointed by Nazi Party^{[fn 1]}
1945	1945	Wilhelm Hollbach	Independent	Appointed by US military
1945	1946	Kurt Blaum	CDU	Appointed by US military
1946	1956	Walter Kolb	SPD	Indirect election
1956	1964	Werner Bockelmann	SPD	Indirect election
1964	1970	Willi Brundert	SPD	Indirect election
1970	1971	Walter Möller	SPD	Indirect election
1971	1977	Rudi Arndt	SPD	Indirect election
1977	1986	Walter Wallmann	CDU	Indirect election
1986	1989	Wolfram Brück	CDU	Indirect election
1989	1991	Volker Hauff	SPD	Indirect election
1991	1995	Andreas von Schoeler	SPD	Indirect election
1995	2012	Petra Roth	CDU	Direct election
2012		Peter Feldmann	SPD	Direct election

Elections

The Mayor of Frankfurt is elected by the two-round system: if no candidate receives over 50% in the first round, a run-off is held between the top two candidates. The election is open to German and EU citizens over 18 years old who have lived in the city for at least three years. The mayor's term is 6 years – elections are brought forward if the mayor resigns or is otherwise removed from office.^[1]

2018

Frankfurt mayoral election, 2018^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	SPD	Peter Feldmann	86,823	46.0	+6.9
	CDU	Bernadette Weyland	48,032	25.4	-13.7
	Green	Nargess Eskandari-Grünberg	17,648	9.3	-4.7
	Left	Janine Wissler	16,669	8.8	+5.0
	Independent	Volker Stein^{[fn 2]}	11,218	5.9	–
	FW	Michael Weingärtner	2,832	1.5	–
	PARTEI	Nico Wehneman	2,097	1.1	–
	Independent	Karsten Schloberg	1,585	0.8	–
	Independent	Ming Yang	938	0.5	–
	Independent	Juli Wünsch	409	0.2	–
	Independent	Felicia Herrschaft	340	0.2	–
	Independent	Hein Fischer	169	0.1	–
Turnout			188,760	37.6	+0.1
Runoff election
	SPD	Peter Feldmann	106,699	70.8%
	CDU	Bernadette Weyland	44,080	29.2%
Turnout			152,804	30.2
	SPD hold

2012

Frankfurt mayoral election, 2012^[8]^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	CDU	Boris Rhein	67,253	39.1	-21.4
	SPD	Peter Feldmann	56,744	33.0	+5.5
	Green	Rosemarie Heilig	23,987	14.0	–
	Airport Expansion Opponents (FAG)	Ursula Fechter	6,828	4.0	–
	Left	Janine Wissler	6,588	3.8	-2.1
	Pirates	Herbert Förster	6,519	3.8	–
	Independent	Oliver Maria Schmitt	3,009	1.8	–
	Independent	Jean Jules Tatchouop	376	0.2	–
	Independent	Harald Frenzel	357	0.2	–
	Independent	Carl Maria Schulte	219	0.1	–
Turnout			173,722	37.5	+3.9
Runoff election
	SPD	Peter Feldmann	93,232	57.4
	CDU	Boris Rhein	68,569	42.6
Turnout			163,076	35.1
	SPD gain from CDU

2007

Frankfurt mayoral election, 2007^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	CDU	Petra Roth	86,785	60.5	+11.9
	SPD	Franz Frey	39,410	27.5	-7.1
	Left	Ulrich Wilken	8,495	5.9	+4.4
	Citizens for Frankfurt (BFF)	Wolfgang Hübner	3,790	2.6	–
	Independent	Horst Schäfer	1,910	1.3	–
	NPD	Doris Zutt	1,171	0.8	–
	Republicans	Rosemarie Lämmer	1,041	0.7	-1.1
	Independent	Salvatore Ribaudo	549	0.4	–
	Independent	Pasquale Aita	165	0.1	–
	Independent	Kadim Sanli	163	0.1	–
Turnout			146,150	33.6	-13.5
	CDU hold

2001

Frankfurt mayoral election, 2001^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	CDU	Petra Roth	92,313	48.6	-3.3
	SPD	Achim Vandreike	65,836	34.6	-9.3
	Green	Jutta Ebeling	19,579	10.3	–
	FDP	Hans-Joachim Otto	3,489	1.8	–
	Republicans	Klaus Sauer	3,342	1.8	–
	PDS	Eberhard Dähne	2,789	1.5	–
	ÖkoLinX-ARL	Zorica Surla	989	0.5	–
	fun	Claude Cazaré	662	0.3	–
	FdS	Reinhold Müller	492	0.3	–
	DMP	Harald Frenzel	280	0.1	–
	Independent	Karl-Maria Schulte	269	0.1	+0.0
Turnout			193,747	46.1	-9.7
Runoff election
	CDU	Petra Roth	89,149	53.1
	SPD	Achim Vandreike	78,823	46.9
Turnout			169,310	40.2
	CDU hold

1995

Frankfurt mayoral election, 1995^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	CDU	Petra Roth	110,087	51.9
	SPD	Andreas von Schoeler	97,391	45.9
	NPD	Günter Deckert	1,450	0.7
	Independent	Thomas Bagatsch	685	0.3
	PBC	Gerhard Heinzmann	524	0.2
	Independent	Renate Ermel	515	0.2
	ÖDP	Dietrich Buroh	511	0.2
	Independent	Karl-Marie Schulte	259	0.1
	Independent	Siegfried Niebert	249	0.1
	Independent	Michael Weißbach	241	0.1
	Independent	Alfred Steininger	91	0.1
Turnout			213,974	55.8
	CDU win (new seat)

Footnotes

↑ Krebs was later confirmed by a vote of the city council. However, only Nazi party members were allowed to vote – the left wing parties that held a majority on the council were excluded.
↑ Stein was a member of the FDP, but did not secure the party's nomination.

References

1 2 "Das müssen Sie zur OB-Wahl in Frankfurt wissen". Hessischer Rundfunk. 23 January 2018. Retrieved 26 February 2018.
↑ "Section 6". Constitution of Frankfurt. 1814.
1 2 3 4 "Chronik der ehemaligen Frankfurter Oberbürgermeister" (in German). Frankfurt.de. Retrieved 26 February 2018.
↑ Göpfert, Claus-Jürgen (3 January 2018). "Feldmann profitiert von Schwäche der Konkurrenz" (in German). Retrieved 26 February 2018.
↑ Euler, Ralf; Rösmann, Tobias (28 January 2007). "Klarer Sieg für Petra Roth" (in German). Retrieved 26 February 2018.
↑ Göpfert, Claus-Jürgen (26 February 2018). "Peter Feldmanns Rezept" (in German). Retrieved 26 February 2018.
↑ "Direktwahl 2018 in Frankfurt-am-Main". Wahlamt Frankfurt. 26 February 2018. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
1 2 3 4 "Frankfurter Direktwahlen". Hessischer Rundfunk. 13 March 2012. Retrieved 26 February 2018.
↑ "Frankfurter Wahlanalysen 57" (PDF). Wahlamt Frankfurt. 26 March 2012. Retrieved 26 February 2018.

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[7] Krebs was later confirmed by a vote of the city council. However, only Nazi party members were allowed to vote – the left wing parties that held a majority on the council were excluded.

[9] Stein was a member of the FDP, but did not secure the party's nomination.

[HR-FAQ-1] 1 2 "Das müssen Sie zur OB-Wahl in Frankfurt wissen". Hessischer Rundfunk. 23 January 2018. Retrieved 26 February 2018.

[2] "Section 6". Constitution of Frankfurt. 1814.

[Chronik-3] 1 2 3 4 "Chronik der ehemaligen Frankfurter Oberbürgermeister" (in German). Frankfurt.de. Retrieved 26 February 2018.

[4] Göpfert, Claus-Jürgen (3 January 2018). "Feldmann profitiert von Schwäche der Konkurrenz" (in German). Retrieved 26 February 2018.

[5] Euler, Ralf; Rösmann, Tobias (28 January 2007). "Klarer Sieg für Petra Roth" (in German). Retrieved 26 February 2018.

[6] Göpfert, Claus-Jürgen (26 February 2018). "Peter Feldmanns Rezept" (in German). Retrieved 26 February 2018.

[2018results-8] "Direktwahl 2018 in Frankfurt-am-Main". Wahlamt Frankfurt. 26 February 2018. Retrieved 11 March 2018.

[oldresults-10] 1 2 3 4 "Frankfurter Direktwahlen". Hessischer Rundfunk. 13 March 2012. Retrieved 26 February 2018.

[2012runoff-11] "Frankfurter Wahlanalysen 57" (PDF). Wahlamt Frankfurt. 26 March 2012. Retrieved 26 February 2018.