Stefan Evers, 2023

Stefan Evers (10 October 1979) is a German politician (CDU) and has been the Mayor and Senator for Finance of the state of Berlin in the Wegner senate since April 2023.[1] He has been a member of the Berlin House of Representatives since September 2011. During this time, he served as the Parliamentary Managing Director of the CDU faction from 2018 to 2023. Additionally, from December 2016 to September 2023, he held the role of Secretary General of the CDU Berlin. As of September 2023, he has assumed the position of Deputy State Chairman of Berlin.

Early life

Evers grew up in Paderborn and has been living in Berlin since 1999. He studied law at the University of Potsdam. During his studies, he worked as an assistant to the members of the German Bundestag, Friedhelm Ost and Werner Kuhn. After passing his state examination, he became the managing director of a strategy and communication consultancy.[1][2]

Political career

In September 2011, Evers was first elected for the CDU (Christian Democratic Union) to the Berlin House of Representatives and served there until 2018, initially as the deputy faction leader. From 2018 to 2023, Evers served as the Parliamentary Manager of the CDU faction. Additionally, he was the faction's spokesperson for urban development policies from 2011 to 2023 and served as chairman in the investigative committees 'BER I' (2012 to 2016) and 'DIESE eG' (2021).[1][2] Most recently, Evers was directly elected to the Berlin House of Representatives in the Treptow-Köpenick 3 constituency (Altglienicke-Adlershof) during the Berlin repeat election on February 12, 2023.[3]

Party

Following the lost House of Representatives election in 2016, Evers was elected as the Secretary General of the CDU Berlin on the recommendation of the state chairwoman, Monika Grütters. He retained this position even after Kai Wegner was elected as the CDU state chairman in 2018. Most recently, in June 2021, he was confirmed as Secretary General with a record result of 92.5 percent.[4] In this capacity, he was also responsible for the highly regarded campaign of the Berlin CDU for the Berlin repeat election in 2023, an outcome that was described by the media as a 'landslide victory' and awarded the 'Politikaward' as the 'Best Election Campaign of the Year.' At the state party conference in September 2023, he resigned from the position of Secretary General and was elected as the deputy chairman of the CDU Berlin by a large majority.[3][5]

Until 2021, Evers co-chaired the Federal Specialist Committee 'Equivalent Living Conditions in Urban and Rural Areas' of the CDU Germany alongside former North Rhine-Westphalia Minister of Agriculture, Christina Schulze Föcking.[6]

Mayor and Senator

Since April 27, 2023, Evers has been the mayor of the city of Berlin and the senator for finance in the Wegner senate. Since taking on these positions, he has also become a regular member of the Federal Council of the Federal Republic of Germany.[3][7]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Personal für neuen schwarz-roten Berliner Senat steht fest". www.rbb24.de (in German). 2023-04-25. Retrieved 2023-11-23.
  2. 1 2 "Stefan Evers". Abgeordnetenhaus Berlin (in German). Retrieved 2023-11-23.
  3. 1 2 3 "Ergebnisse Wiederholungswahl zum 19. Abgeordnetenhaus von Berlin am Sonntag, dem 12. Februar 2023 (Hauptwahl vom 26.09.2021) in 0903 - Treptow-Köpenick 3". www.wahlen-berlin.de. Retrieved 2023-11-23.
  4. ↑ Berlin, CDU Landesverband. "CDU Landesverband Berlin". CDU Landesverband Berlin (in German). Retrieved 2023-11-23.
  5. ↑ "Berliner CDU stellt Wahlkampagne vor: Wie Kai Wegner das Rote Rathaus erobern will". Der Tagesspiegel Online (in German). ISSN 1865-2263. Retrieved 2023-11-23.
  6. ↑ "Bundesfachausschuss Gleichwertige Lebensverhältnisse in Stadt und Land". Christlich Demokratische Union Deutschlands (in German). 2019-04-04. Retrieved 2023-11-23.
  7. ↑ "Bundesrat - Mitglieder - Stefan Evers". Bundesrat (in German). Retrieved 2023-11-23.
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