Jürgen Linden
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Jürgen Linden is a German politician (Social Democratic Party of Germany
) and was Lord Mayor of Aachen from 1989 to 2009.
, Germany
.
Linden received High School education at the Einhard
-Gymnasium in Aachen and finished schooling in 1966. Linden studied law
until 1974 and obtained an approval for the occupation of lawyer
in the same year. In 1975 he became a Juris Doctor
PhD
.
From 2007 to 12 June 2010 Linden was Chairman of Alemannia Aachen GmbH, the company of the league playing soccer club TSV Alemannia Aachen
.
Linden is the speaker of the board of directors of the Charlemagne Prize of the city of Aachen which is awarded since 60 years to people who extraordinarily contributed to the unification of Europe. Famous prize winners were Winston Churchill
, Konrad Adenauer
, Juan Carlos I of Spain, Henry Kissinger
, Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands, Tony Blair
, Angela Merkel
and others.
Linden is married and father of three children.
. In 1977 he was elected to the council of his hometown and served from 1984 to 1989 the office of the Honorary Mayor of Aachen
.
After the local elections in 1989 a Red-Green coalition came to power and elected Linden on October 18, 1989 as the successor to Kurt Malangré
(CDU
). After the change of the electoral rules in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia
, Linden for the first time in Aachen
held the post of a full-time and paid Lord Mayor from October 12, 1995 to October 21, 2009. On April 25, 2008 Linden publicly declared, not to compete at the local elections in 2009. He was succeeded by Marcel Philipp (CDU).
Linden has contributed for the reconstruction of the Jewish Synagogue
in Aachen which was destroyed at the Night of Broken Glass (Kristallnacht) on November 9, 1938, and was reinaugurated on May 18, 1995. Linden called into life the Aachen Cultural Summer, a series of events including classical
and rock
concerts, readings and dance performances. Linden contributed to the economic development of the city of Aachen
due to contacts with industry and trade and important German policy makers. A political defeat he suffered due to a Referendum
in the project "Bauhaus Europe", a planned cultural center on one of the central squares of Aachen which was not built after the negative Referendum
.
Social Democratic Party of Germany
The Social Democratic Party of Germany is a social-democratic political party in Germany...
) and was Lord Mayor of Aachen from 1989 to 2009.
Life
Linden was born in AachenAachen
Aachen has historically been a spa town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Aachen was a favoured residence of Charlemagne, and the place of coronation of the Kings of Germany. Geographically, Aachen is the westernmost town of Germany, located along its borders with Belgium and the Netherlands, ...
, Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
.
Linden received High School education at the Einhard
Einhard
Einhard was a Frankish scholar and courtier. Einhard was a dedicated servant of Charlemagne and his son Louis the Pious; his main work is a biography of Charlemagne, the Vita Karoli Magni, "one of the most precious literary bequests of the early Middle Ages."-Public life:Einhard was from the eastern...
-Gymnasium in Aachen and finished schooling in 1966. Linden studied law
Law
Law is a system of rules and guidelines which are enforced through social institutions to govern behavior, wherever possible. It shapes politics, economics and society in numerous ways and serves as a social mediator of relations between people. Contract law regulates everything from buying a bus...
until 1974 and obtained an approval for the occupation of lawyer
Lawyer
A lawyer, according to Black's Law Dictionary, is "a person learned in the law; as an attorney, counsel or solicitor; a person who is practicing law." Law is the system of rules of conduct established by the sovereign government of a society to correct wrongs, maintain the stability of political...
in the same year. In 1975 he became a Juris Doctor
Juris Doctor
Juris Doctor is a professional doctorate and first professional graduate degree in law.The degree was first awarded by Harvard University in the United States in the late 19th century and was created as a modern version of the old European doctor of law degree Juris Doctor (see etymology and...
PhD
PHD
PHD may refer to:*Ph.D., a doctorate of philosophy*Ph.D. , a 1980s British group*PHD finger, a protein sequence*PHD Mountain Software, an outdoor clothing and equipment company*PhD Docbook renderer, an XML renderer...
.
From 2007 to 12 June 2010 Linden was Chairman of Alemannia Aachen GmbH, the company of the league playing soccer club TSV Alemannia Aachen
Alemannia Aachen
Alemannia Aachen is a German football club from the western city of Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia. A long term fixture of the country's second division, Alemannia enjoyed a three-year turn in the top flight in the late 1960s and, after a successful 2005–06 campaign, returned to first division play...
.
Linden is the speaker of the board of directors of the Charlemagne Prize of the city of Aachen which is awarded since 60 years to people who extraordinarily contributed to the unification of Europe. Famous prize winners were Winston Churchill
Winston Churchill
Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill, was a predominantly Conservative British politician and statesman known for his leadership of the United Kingdom during the Second World War. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest wartime leaders of the century and served as Prime Minister twice...
, Konrad Adenauer
Konrad Adenauer
Konrad Hermann Joseph Adenauer was a German statesman. He was the chancellor of the West Germany from 1949 to 1963. He is widely recognised as a person who led his country from the ruins of World War II to a powerful and prosperous nation that had forged close relations with old enemies France,...
, Juan Carlos I of Spain, Henry Kissinger
Henry Kissinger
Heinz Alfred "Henry" Kissinger is a German-born American academic, political scientist, diplomat, and businessman. He is a recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize. He served as National Security Advisor and later concurrently as Secretary of State in the administrations of Presidents Richard Nixon and...
, Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands, Tony Blair
Tony Blair
Anthony Charles Lynton Blair is a former British Labour Party politician who served as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2 May 1997 to 27 June 2007. He was the Member of Parliament for Sedgefield from 1983 to 2007 and Leader of the Labour Party from 1994 to 2007...
, Angela Merkel
Angela Merkel
Angela Dorothea Merkel is the current Chancellor of Germany . Merkel, elected to the Bundestag from Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, has been the chairwoman of the Christian Democratic Union since 2000, and chairwoman of the CDU-CSU parliamentary coalition from 2002 to 2005.From 2005 to 2009 she led a...
and others.
Linden is married and father of three children.
Policy
1970 Linden joined the SPDSocial Democratic Party of Germany
The Social Democratic Party of Germany is a social-democratic political party in Germany...
. In 1977 he was elected to the council of his hometown and served from 1984 to 1989 the office of the Honorary Mayor of Aachen
Aachen
Aachen has historically been a spa town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Aachen was a favoured residence of Charlemagne, and the place of coronation of the Kings of Germany. Geographically, Aachen is the westernmost town of Germany, located along its borders with Belgium and the Netherlands, ...
.
After the local elections in 1989 a Red-Green coalition came to power and elected Linden on October 18, 1989 as the successor to Kurt Malangré
Kurt Malangré
Kurt Malangré is a former German politician.Malangré started his political career in November 1969 when he became member of Aachen's city council. In 1972 he was elected Mayor of Aachen, and from 1973-1989 he served as Lord Mayor...
(CDU
Christian Democratic Union (Germany)
The Christian Democratic Union of Germany is a Christian democratic and conservative political party in Germany. It is regarded as on the centre-right of the German political spectrum...
). After the change of the electoral rules in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia
North Rhine-Westphalia
North Rhine-Westphalia is the most populous state of Germany, with four of the country's ten largest cities. The state was formed in 1946 as a merger of the northern Rhineland and Westphalia, both formerly part of Prussia. Its capital is Düsseldorf. The state is currently run by a coalition of the...
, Linden for the first time in Aachen
Aachen
Aachen has historically been a spa town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Aachen was a favoured residence of Charlemagne, and the place of coronation of the Kings of Germany. Geographically, Aachen is the westernmost town of Germany, located along its borders with Belgium and the Netherlands, ...
held the post of a full-time and paid Lord Mayor from October 12, 1995 to October 21, 2009. On April 25, 2008 Linden publicly declared, not to compete at the local elections in 2009. He was succeeded by Marcel Philipp (CDU).
Linden has contributed for the reconstruction of the Jewish Synagogue
Synagogue
A synagogue is a Jewish house of prayer. This use of the Greek term synagogue originates in the Septuagint where it sometimes translates the Hebrew word for assembly, kahal...
in Aachen which was destroyed at the Night of Broken Glass (Kristallnacht) on November 9, 1938, and was reinaugurated on May 18, 1995. Linden called into life the Aachen Cultural Summer, a series of events including classical
Classical music
Classical music is the art music produced in, or rooted in, the traditions of Western liturgical and secular music, encompassing a broad period from roughly the 11th century to present times...
and rock
Rock music
Rock music is a genre of popular music that developed during and after the 1960s, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by rhythm and blues and country music...
concerts, readings and dance performances. Linden contributed to the economic development of the city of Aachen
Aachen
Aachen has historically been a spa town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Aachen was a favoured residence of Charlemagne, and the place of coronation of the Kings of Germany. Geographically, Aachen is the westernmost town of Germany, located along its borders with Belgium and the Netherlands, ...
due to contacts with industry and trade and important German policy makers. A political defeat he suffered due to a Referendum
Referendum
A referendum is a direct vote in which an entire electorate is asked to either accept or reject a particular proposal. This may result in the adoption of a new constitution, a constitutional amendment, a law, the recall of an elected official or simply a specific government policy. It is a form of...
in the project "Bauhaus Europe", a planned cultural center on one of the central squares of Aachen which was not built after the negative Referendum
Referendum
A referendum is a direct vote in which an entire electorate is asked to either accept or reject a particular proposal. This may result in the adoption of a new constitution, a constitutional amendment, a law, the recall of an elected official or simply a specific government policy. It is a form of...
.
Honors and Awards
- 2007: Officer's cross of the Order Pro Merito Melitensi of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta (Malteserorden)
- 2008: Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland
- 2008: Freeman of the city of HeerlenHeerlenHeerlen is a city and a municipality in the southeastern Netherlands. The municipality is the second largest in the province of Limburg. It forms part of Parkstad Limburg, , an agglomeration of about 220,000 inhabitants.After its early Roman beginnings and a rather modest medieval period, Heerlen...
- 2009: Grand Commander of the Ordre National du Mérite de la Republic Francaise
- 2009: Freeman of the city of AachenAachenAachen has historically been a spa town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Aachen was a favoured residence of Charlemagne, and the place of coronation of the Kings of Germany. Geographically, Aachen is the westernmost town of Germany, located along its borders with Belgium and the Netherlands, ...
- 2009 Golden Honorary Medal of the City of MaastrichtMaastrichtMaastricht is situated on both sides of the Meuse river in the south-eastern part of the Netherlands, on the Belgian border and near the German border...
External links
- Literature from and about Jürgen Linden in the catalogue of the Deutschen Nationalbibliothek