Thomas Westphal

Thomas Westphal
Thomas Westphal, 2018
Lord Mayor of Dortmund
Incumbent
Assumed office
1 November 2020
Preceded byUllrich Sierau
Personal details
Born (1967-02-22) 22 February 1967 (age 57)
Lübeck, West Germany
Political partySocial Democratic Party of Germany
OccupationPolitician

Thomas Westphal (born 22 February 1967 in Lübeck[1]) is a German economist, politician (SPD) and the lord mayor of Dortmund. Previously, he was managing director of City of Dortmund Economic Development Agency from 2014 to 2020. Before, he was managing director of business development metropoleruhr (Wirtschaftsförderung metropoleruhr, wmr), whose advisory board he still belongs to today.[2] From 1993 to 1995 he was Federal Chairman of the Jusos.[3] Westphal assumed as the lord mayor of Dortmund on 1 November 2020.[4][5]

  1. ^ "Thomas Westphal wird neuer Geschäftsführer der wmr". experconsult.de. Archived from the original on 10 April 2017. Retrieved 9 April 2017.
  2. ^ "Aufsichtsrat & Beirat". business.metropoleruhr.de. 23 March 2017. Retrieved 9 April 2017.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference ruhrnach-989972 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ "AfD Dortmund zwingt OB Sierau in Sondersitzung und fordert dort seinen Rücktritt – und das kurz vor seinem Rücktritt". ruhr24.de. 17 July 2020. Retrieved 27 September 2020.
  5. ^ "Oberbürgermeisterstichwahl – Kommunalwahlen / RVR-Wahl 2020 in der Stadt Dortmund – Gesamtergebnis". wahlen.digistadtdo.de. 26 July 1997. Retrieved 28 September 2020.