Mike Josef

Mike Josef
Mike Josef (2015)
Mike Josef in 2015
Mayor of Frankfurt
Assumed office
15 May 2023
Preceded byNargess Eskandari-Grünberg (caretaker)
Full-Time City Councilor and
Head of the Department of Planning and Housing and Sports
In office
2016–2023
Member of the
Frankfurt am Main City Council
In office
2011–2016
Preceded bymulti-member district
Succeeded bymulti-member district
Organizing Secretary at the
German Trade Union Federation (DGB)
In office
2011–2016
Personal details
Born
Mike Yusuf

(1983-01-25) 25 January 1983 (age 41)
Qamishli, Syria
Political partySocial Democratic Party

Mike Josef ( Yusuf;[1] Aramaic: ܡܐܝܟ ܝܘܣܦ; born 25 January 1983)[2] is a German politician who has served as the Lord Mayor of Frankfurt am Main since May 2023.

On 26 March 2023, he was elected mayor of Frankfurt in a runoff election of the Lord Mayor with 92,371 votes (51.7% of the votes cast) against the CDU candidate Uwe Becker.[3][4] The day of his inauguration is 11 May 2023.[5]

  1. ^ "Der Liebling der Partei muss liefern". 15 November 2018.
  2. ^ "Stadtrat Mike Josef (SPD)". Archived from the original on 8 March 2023. Retrieved 27 March 2023.
  3. ^ "OB-Wahl: Mike Josef wird neuer Oberbürgermeister von Frankfurt". 26 March 2023.
  4. ^ "Mike Josef: Erfolgsgeschichte mit Pausenmodus". 6 June 2022.
  5. ^ "Neuer Frankfurter Oberbürgermeister Mike Josef: "Ich will das Gemeinsame in den Vordergrund stellen"". 26 March 2023.