Dieter Reiter

Dieter Reiter (born 19 May 1958) is a German politician and the mayor of Munich^[1] He is a member of the Social Democratic Party (SPD).

Dieter Reiter
Reiter in 2022
Mayor of Munich
Incumbent
Assumed office 1 May 2014
Preceded by	Christian Ude
Personal details
Born	(1958-05-19) 19 May 1958 (age 67) Rain, Swabia, Bavaria, West Germany
Political party	Social Democratic Party
Spouse	Petra Reiter (2003–present)
Children	1

Career

Reiter was born in Rain, Swabia, a small town in Bavaria. He studied at the Fachhochschule für öffentliche Verwaltung und Rechtspflege in Hof, where he finished 1981. On 30 March 2014 he was voted with 56.7% of votes mayor of Munich.^[2] He succeeded Christian Ude, who served as mayor from 1993 to 2014. Reiter was a SPD delegate to the Federal Convention for the purpose of electing the President of Germany in 2017.^[3]

In 2021, Reiter proposed illuminating the stadium for UEFA Euro 2020 in rainbow colors to protest the Hungarian anti-LGBT law, but this was rejected by UEFA.^[4][5]

Other activities

Corporate boards

• FC Bayern, member of the advisory board^[6]
• Stadtwerke München (SWM), ex officio chairman of the supervisory board
• Munich Airport, ex officio member of the supervisory board
• Messe München, ex officio member of the supervisory board

Non-profit organizations

• Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, member of the board of trustees^[7]
• Technische Universität München, member of the board of trustees
• Deutsches Museum, member of the board of trustees
• Ifo Institute for Economic Research, member of the board of trustees^[8]
• ver.di, member

Personal life

Reiter has been married twice, and is the father of a son from his first marriage. His second wife, Petra, has two children of her own from a previous relationship.