Bernd Wiegand

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Bernd Wiegand
Mayor of Halle (Saale)
Incumbent
Assumed office 1 December 2012
Deputy	Egbert Geier
Preceded by	Dagmar Szabados
Personal details
Born	(1957-02-23) 23 February 1957 (age 67) Braunschweig, West Germany

Bernd Wiegand (born 23 February 1957) is a German independent politician. Until 2011, he was a member of the Social Democratic Party of Germany.^[1] He is the mayor of Halle (Saale) since 1 December 2012 after gaining 19.88% of the votes in the first round and 52.92% in the second round.^[2] On 27 October 2019, Wiegand was reelected after gaining 61.42% of the votes in the second round.^[3]