Christian Ude

Christian Ude (born 26 October 1947) is a German politician who served as mayor of Munich from 1993 to 2014. He is a member of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD).

Christian Ude
Ude in 2012
Mayor of Munich
In office 12 September 1993 – 30 April 2014
Preceded by	Georg Kronawitter
Succeeded by	Dieter Reiter
Deputy Mayor of Munich
In office 2 May 1990 – 11 September 1993
Personal details
Born	(1947-10-26) 26 October 1947 (age 77) Munich, Bavaria, Germany
Political party	Social Democratic Party
Spouse	Edith von Welser-Ude
Children	6

Career

Ude was born in Munich. From 1967 to 1969 he worked for the daily newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung. He studied legal science in Munich 1969-1977. From 1979 to 1990 he worked as a lawyer.

He was elected as deputy mayor of Munich on 2 May 1990, two months after he was elected into the city council of Munich.^[1]

On 12 September 1993, Ude was elected as lord mayor^[2] and successor of Georg Kronawitter. He was re-elected three times, on 13 June 1999 with 61.2 per cent of all votes, on 3 March 2002 with 64.5 per cent and on 2 March 2008 with 66.8 per cent. In August 2011 Christian Ude announced his intention to become the SPD's leading candidate for the upcoming Bavarian state election in 2013.^{[3][4][5][6][7]}

Personal life

In addition to his position as lord mayor, Ude is also a political cabaret artist. Ude has been married to Edith von Welser-Ude since 1984, it is his first and her second marriage.

Other activities

Additionally, Ude was a member of the board of directors of the 1860 Munich until 2009.

In 2005, he was elected to the post of President of the German cities association.

There is a "Culture and Education Center" named after Christian Ude in Tunceli, Pülümür. Construction started in 2007 with a ceremony with his participation.^[8] At the same time, he is an honorary member of Pülümür.^[9]

Bibliography

• Asta Schreib: Christian Ude. (in German). (MünchenPortrait; 1) München, München-Verlag 2007, ISBN 978-3-937090-22-1.