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Gert-Uwe Mende
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Gert-Uwe Mende

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Gert-Uwe Mende is a German politician currently serving as the Lord Mayor of Wiesbaden. A member of the Social Democratic Party (SPD), he was first elected to the office in 2019 and secured a second term in March 2025. Prior to his mayoral tenure, Mende held various roles in public service and political administration, including serving as the managing director of the SPD parliamentary group in the Hessian State Parliament and as a press spokesperson for the Hessian Ministry of the Interior. He studied history, political science, and economics at the University of Göttingen and began his career as a journalist.

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Born
1962-10-15 · 63 years old
Birth place
Bonn, Germany
Education
University of Göttingen
Career
Journalist, Press spokesperson, Managing director of the SPD parliamentary group in the Hessian State Parliament

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