Mario Mettbach is a German

Germany

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 politician

Politician

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 from Hamburg

Hamburg

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, Germany, former representative of the Christian Democratic Union

Christian Democratic Union (Germany)

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 and the Law and Order Offensive Party

Law and Order Offensive Party

The Law and Order Offensive Party , short form Offensive D was a minor political party in Germany. It was founded in July 2000 by Hamburg judge Ronald Schill. It wished to call itself PRO but was forbidden from doing so after a judicial complaint by the Pro Deutsche Mitte party...

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Mettbach was born on 24 July 1952 in Hamburg. After his apprenticeship as a shipping clerk (1967–70), Mettbach joined the German army

Bundeswehr

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 in 1974 and studied business management at the German armed forces college in Darmstadt (1980–82).

Mettbach began his political career in the Christian Democratic Union (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...

, and in 1993, he was founding member of the Statt party

Statt party (Germany)

The statt party is a minor political party in Germany.Founded in 1993 in Hamburg, the party won 5.6% in the Hamburg state election and formed a coalition with the Social Democratic Party of Germany. In 1997 the party lost all seats.- External links :...

, later he joined Law and Order Offensive Party

Law and Order Offensive Party

The Law and Order Offensive Party , short form Offensive D was a minor political party in Germany. It was founded in July 2000 by Hamburg judge Ronald Schill. It wished to call itself PRO but was forbidden from doing so after a judicial complaint by the Pro Deutsche Mitte party...

, former Ronald Schill

Ronald Schill

Ronald Barnabas Schill is a former judge, the founder of the German political parties Partei Rechtsstaatlicher Offensive and Pro DM/Schill...

 party.

From August 2001 to March 2004 he served as the Second Mayor of Hamburg. According to the German newspaper Der Spiegel

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, asked why Mettbach engaged his partner as speaker in the political office, he stated "... remaining is only the circle of friends and relatives." He would not trust a stranger in this position.

After losing the election in 2004

Hamburg state election, 2004

The Hamburg state election, 2004, was conducted on February 29, 2004, to elect members to the Hamburgische Bürgerschaft of Hamburg...

, Mettbach was among others in board of directors the of the Hamburg Port Authority. In 2007 he attempted suicide.