Christoph Meineke
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Christoph Meineke is a German non-party politician and since January 2007 the first directly elected mayor of the municipality of Wennigsen (Deister).

Career

In September 2006, Meineke became the youngest full-time mayor
Mayor
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 elected in Germany
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, and he is currently the youngest full-time mayor of Lower Saxony
Lower Saxony
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Meineke is the first mayor in Northern Germany
Germany
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, who ran for and won a direct election for mayor as an independent candidate without the support of a political party or initiative of voters. His election made headlines on a national level and to this day is used as a reference non-party politics in Germany
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Meineke is a member of the Innovators Club of the German Association of Cities and Municipalities, and has developed a particular expertise on leveraging technology (such as Web 2.0
Web 2.0
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 capabilities) in local politics. He was also a member of the working committee of the highly renowned Reinhard-Mohn-Price (formerly known as the Carl-Bertelsmann-Price), judging world wide projects on democracy and participation.

Background

After graduating from the Matthias-Claudius-Gymnasium in Gehrden
Gehrden
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, Meineke studied economics at the Vienna University of Economics, the University of St. Gallen
University of St. Gallen
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 and the Zeppelin University
Zeppelin University
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 in Friedrichshafen
Friedrichshafen
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. He is currently also working toward a doctorate degree in economics under Prof. Birger Priddat at Witten/Herdecke University
Witten/Herdecke University
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Publications

Kommunalwahlkampf 2.0 (Municipal elections 2.0 experiences and tips), in: F.-R. Habbel/A.Huber (Hrsg.): Web 2.0 für Kommunen und Kommunalpolitik, Boizenburg: Verlag Werner Hülsbusch, 2008. (In German)
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