Albrecht Schröter
| Albrecht Schröter | |
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Schröter in 2006
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| Lord Mayor of Jena | |
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Assumed office 1 July 2006 |
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| Preceded by | Peter Röhlinger |
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7 April 1955 Halle (Saale), Germany |
| Nationality | German |
| Political party | Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) |
| Residence | Jena |
| Alma mater | University of Halle-Wittenberg |
| Website | http://spdnet.sozi.info/thueringen/jena/schroeter/ |
Albrecht Schröter (born 7 April 1955 in Halle (Saale)) is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) and current Lord Mayor of Jena.
Schröter attended the Polytechnic Secondary School from 1962 to 1972, but was denied an Abitur for political reasons. After leaving school, he completed a two and a half years of training as a nurse (Krankenpfleger) in Eberswalde and in Bad Freienwalde. He then studied and received a degree in Protestant theology at the Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg.
After graduating in 1980, he worked as a research assistant at the theology section and as vicar of evangelical youth work until 1984, when we took over a parish in Jena (first at the Friedenskirche and from 1986-1997 in the Luthersprengel). In 1985 he founded the "Jena Judaism Working Group" to document the history of the Jews of Jena and maintain the memory of the Holocaust. In 1996 he took his doctorate in theology in Halle-Wittenberg (summa cum laude). From 1997 he worked as a representative of the Free State of Thuringia for new religious movements and special communities and as a subject specialist at the Thuringian Institute for Teacher Training, Curriculum Development and Media (ThILLM) in Bad Berka. From 2000 to 2006 Schröter was councillor for Social Affairs and Culture for the City of Jena. Since 1 July 2006 he has been mayor of the city of Jena.
On 3 February 2015, Schröter placed 6th out of 121 mayors from around the world in an internet poll for the title "World Mayor". The British-based City Mayors Foundation awards the title "World Mayor" every two years in order to honour the achievements of mayors.
Schröter has married three times and has five children and two grandchildren. He is a descendant of Dorothea Sophie Michaelsen, maiden name Händel, a sister of George Frideric Handel.
During the time of the GDR, Schröter involvement was concentrated on church youth work. On 1 October 1989 he co-founded the Democratic Awakening (DA) in Berlin and was their spokesman in Jena. However he left the party in March 1990 as a consequence of the results of the parliamentary elections and the merger of the DA, DSU and CDU. Until his resignation in March 1990, Schröter was the personal in charge of the "round table" in Jena for planning health care reform.
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