Kurt Gribl

Kurt Gribl (born August 29, 1964 Augsburg, Germany) is the Mayor of Augsburg, Bavaria,[1] an office he has held since May 1, 2008. He is a member of the Christian Social Union of Bavaria.

Mayor Kurt Gribl.

Early career

Gribl has been practicing law since 1993 when he joined a law firm in Augsburg. He specialized in building and architectural law. In addition, he held teaching positions at Hochschule Mittweida and Hochschule für Technik und Wirtschaft Dresden between 2004 and 2007.

Political career

Gribl joined the CSU in 2008. In 2015, Bavaria's Minister President Horst Seehofer nominated him as one of his deputies in the office of CSU chairman, making him part of the party's leadership.

In the negotiations to form a coalition government under the leadership of Chancellor Angela Merkel following the 2017 federal elections, Gribl co-chaired the working group on urban development; his counterparts were Bernd Althusmann and Natascha Kohnen.

In March 2019, Gribl announced that he would not stand in the 2020 local elections but instead resign from active politics by the end of his term.[2]

Other activities

Corporate boards
  • BayernLB, member of the supervisory board (since 2017)[3]
  • Housing Association of the City of Augsburg (WBG), chairman of the supervisory board
  • echion media AG, member of the supervisory board (since 2003)

Non-profit organizations

Recognition

References
  1. "Oskar Schindler's collaborator, Mietek Pemper, has died". Agence France-Presse. The Gazette (Montreal). 2011-06-15. Retrieved 2011-06-26.
  2. Mario Kubina and Barbara Leinfelder (March 13, 2019), Augsburger Oberbürgermeister Kurt Gribl will aufhören Bayerischer Rundfunk.
  3. 2016 Annual Report BayernLB.
  4. Board of Trustees University of Augsburg.


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