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Fritz Kuhn
Fritz Kuhn
Lord Mayor of Stuttgart
	In office; 2012–current
Preceded by	Wolfgang Schuster
Member of the Bundestag of Germany
	In office; 2002–2012
Chairman of Parliamentary Group of Alliance '90/The Greens; with Renate Künast (2005-2009)
	In office; 2005–2009
President	Horst Köhler; Christian Wulff
Chancellor	Angela Merkel
Preceded by	Katrin Göring-Eckardt
Succeeded by	Jürgen Trittin
Personal details
Born	29 June 1955 (age 69); Bad Mergentheim, Germany
Political party	Alliance '90/The Greens
Residence(s)	Stuttgart, Germany
Alma mater	Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, University of Tübingen

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Fritz Kuhn (born 29 June 1955) is a German politician. He was co-chairman of Alliance '90/The Greens, the German Green party, from June 2000 to December 2002. On 21 October 2012 he was elected Mayor of Stuttgart.

Early life and education

Fritz Kuhn was born in Bad Mergentheim (Baden-Württemberg) and grew up in Memmingen (Bayern), where he attended Bernhard Strigel grammar school. After his A-levels he studied German and philosophy at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich and the University of Tübingen, with a master's thesis in the field of linguistics.^{[citation needed]}

Political career

Kuhn was one of the founding members of the Green Party in the Federal Republic of Germany in 1980.

From 1981 to 1984 he worked as a research assistant at Augsburg university and as a consultant to the parliamentary party of the Greens in the state parliament (Landtag) of Baden-Württemberg (South-West Germany).^[1]

Member of parliament in Baden-Württemberg

Kuhn became an MP and the leader of the parliamentary party of the Greens (Alliance '90/The Greens from 1993) in the Landtag of Baden-Württemberg, the state's legislature, in 1984, a position he held until 1988, and then later again from 1992 to 2000, having worked as a Professor of Linguistic Communication in the years in between.

Fritz Kuhn was one of the two federal chairpersons of Alliance '90/The Greens from 2000 to 2002, first together with Renate Künast, then with Claudia Roth. He resigned from that office in October 2002 after having been elected as a member of the Bundestag, the parliament of the Federal Republic of Germany. There was a rule in the Green Party in those days that you could not be an MP and hold a party office at the same time.^[1]

Member of the parliament of Germany, 2002-2012

Fritz Kuhn has served as a member of the Bundestag since the 2002 federal elections, between 2005 and 2009 also as one of the two leaders of the Green parliamentary party there (together with Renate Künast), since 2009 as deputy leader. In the Bundestag, he specialized in the fields of the economy (fighting for “a green market economy” ^[2]) and employment, and foreign policy in recent years.

For the 2005 federal elections, Kuhn was the campaign manager of Alliance ‘90/The Greens. At the 2009 election, he unsuccessfully contested the single member constituency of Heidelberg.

He is a member of the board of the Heinrich Böll Foundation, a political foundation affiliated with the Green Party.

Mayor of Stuttgart, 2012-present

On 21 October 2012 Kuhn was elected Lord Mayor of Stuttgart in Baden-Württemberg with 52.9% of the votes.^[3] His 8-years-term as Mayor (Oberbürgermeister) began in January 2013. Stuttgart has a population of about 600,000 and is capital city of the Federal State of Baden-Württemberg. Kuhn was the first candidate of the German Green party to win in a city of such importance.

He took over from Wolfgang Schuster, his predecessor, on 7 January 2013.

Other activities

Landesbank Baden-Württemberg, Ex-Officio Member of the Supervisory Board
Max Planck Institute for Medical Research, Member of the Board of Trustees
Theaterhaus Stuttgart, Member of the Board of Trustees

Personal life

Kuhn is married and has two sons.

His hobbies are reading (favourite author: Salman Rushdie), running, and cooking (especially Italian dishes). He is also a football fan (FC Bayern Munich).^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Template:De icon His „Biographie” in WirtschaftsWoche Online (wiwo.de)
^ http://www.gruene-bundestag.de/cms/abgeordnete/dok/81/81511.html
^ "Greens win Stuttgart mayoral vote". Irish Independent. Retrieved 22 October 2012.

External links (in German)

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[wiwo-1] Template:De icon His „Biographie” in WirtschaftsWoche Online (wiwo.de)

[2] ttp://www.gruene-bundestag.de/cms/abgeordnete/dok/81/81511.html

[3] "Greens win Stuttgart mayoral vote". Irish Independent. Retrieved 22 October 2012.

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 '''Fritz Kuhn''' (born 29 June 1955) is a [[Germans|German]] politician. He was co-chairman of [[Alliance '90/The Greens]], the German [[Green party]], from June 2000 to December 2002. On 21 October 2012 he was elected Mayor of [[Stuttgart]].
-== Early years ==
+== Early life and education ==
 Fritz Kuhn was born in [[Bad Mergentheim]] ([[Baden-Württemberg]]) and grew up in [[Memmingen]] ([[Bavaria|Bayern]]), where he attended Bernhard Strigel grammar school. After his A-levels he studied German and philosophy at the [[Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich]] and the [[University of Tübingen]], with a master's thesis in the field of [[linguistics]].{{citation needed|date=October 2012}}
+==Political career==
-He was one of the founding members of the Green Party in the Federal Republic of Germany in 1980.
+Kuhn was one of the founding members of the Green Party in the Federal Republic of Germany in 1980.
 From 1981 to 1984 he worked as a research assistant at Augsburg university and as a consultant to the parliamentary party of the Greens in the state parliament (''Landtag'') of Baden-Württemberg (South-West Germany).<ref name="wiwo">[http://www.wiwo.de/unternehmen-maerkte/koepfe-der-wirtschaft/fritz-kuhn-458/biografie {{de icon}} His „Biographie” in WirtschaftsWoche Online (wiwo.de)]</ref>
-== Member of parliament in Baden-Württemberg ==
+=== Member of parliament in Baden-Württemberg ===
-He became an MP and the leader of the parliamentary party of the Greens (Alliance '90/The Greens from 1993) in the Baden-Württemberg legislature in 1984, a position he held until 1988, and then later again from 1992 to 2000, having worked as a Professor of Linguistic Communication in the years in between.
+Kuhn became an MP and the leader of the parliamentary party of the Greens (Alliance '90/The Greens from 1993) in the [[Landtag of Baden-Württemberg]], the state's legislature, in 1984, a position he held until 1988, and then later again from 1992 to 2000, having worked as a Professor of Linguistic Communication in the years in between.
 Fritz Kuhn was one of the two federal chairpersons of Alliance '90/The Greens from 2000 to 2002, first together with [[Renate Künast]], then with [[Claudia Roth]]. He resigned from that office in October 2002 after having been elected as a member of the [[Bundestag]], the parliament of the Federal Republic of Germany. There was a rule in the Green Party in those days that you could not be an MP and hold a party office at the same time.<ref name="wiwo"/>
-== Member of the parliament of Germany ==
+=== Member of the parliament of Germany, 2002-2012===
-Fritz Kuhn has served as a member of the Bundestag since 2002, between 2005 and 2009 also as one of the two leaders of the Green parliamentary party there (together with Renate Künast), since 2009 as deputy leader. In the Bundestag, he specialized in the fields of the economy (fighting for “a green market economy” <ref>http://www.gruene-bundestag.de/cms/abgeordnete/dok/81/81511.html</ref>) and employment, and foreign policy in recent years.
+Fritz Kuhn has served as a member of the Bundestag since the [[German federal election, 2002|2002 federal elections]], between 2005 and 2009 also as one of the two leaders of the Green parliamentary party there (together with Renate Künast), since 2009 as deputy leader. In the Bundestag, he specialized in the fields of the economy (fighting for “a green market economy” <ref>http://www.gruene-bundestag.de/cms/abgeordnete/dok/81/81511.html</ref>) and employment, and foreign policy in recent years.
-In the election campaign of 2005 Kuhn was the campaign manager of Alliance ‘90/The Greens. At the 2009 election, he unsuccessfully contested the single member constituency of [[Heidelberg (electoral district)|Heidelberg]].
+For the [[German federal election, 2005|2005 federal elections]], Kuhn was the campaign manager of Alliance ‘90/The Greens. At the 2009 election, he unsuccessfully contested the single member constituency of [[Heidelberg (electoral district)|Heidelberg]].
-He is a member of the board of the [[Heinrich Böll Foundation]], a political foundation close to the Green Party.
+He is a member of the board of the [[Heinrich Böll Foundation]], a political foundation affiliated with the Green Party.
-== Mayor of Stuttgart ==
+=== Mayor of Stuttgart, 2012-present ===
 On 21 October 2012 Kuhn was elected Lord Mayor of [[Stuttgart]] in [[Baden-Württemberg]] with 52.9% of the votes.<ref>{{cite news|title=Greens win Stuttgart mayoral vote|url=http://www.independent.ie/breaking-news/world-news/greens-win-stuttgart-mayoral-vote-3266672.html|accessdate=22 October 2012 | work=Irish Independent}}</ref> His 8-years-term as Mayor ''(Oberbürgermeister)'' began in January 2013. Stuttgart has a population of about 600,000 and is capital city of the [[Bundesland (Germany)|Federal State]] of ''Baden-Württemberg''. Kuhn was the first candidate of the [[German Green party]] to win in a city of such importance.
 He took over from [[Wolfgang Schuster]], his predecessor, on 7 January 2013.
+==Other activities==
+* [[Landesbank Baden-Württemberg]], Ex-Officio Member of the Supervisory Board
+* [[Max Planck Institute for Medical Research]], Member of the Board of Trustees
+* [[Theaterhaus Stuttgart]], Member of the Board of Trustees
 == Personal life ==

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