Petra Roth (born 9 May 1944 in Bremen) is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU). She was the Mayor of Frankfurt from 1995 to 2012. In addition she twice served as president of the Deutscher Städtetag, resuming her previous post there in 2009. The group is the head organization and lobby group for all German cities vis-à-vis the Cabinet of Germany, the German Bundestag, the Bundesrat of Germany, the European Union (EU) and many organizations.[1][2]
- ^ Die Oberbürgermeisterin Archived 22 January 2019 at the Wayback Machine (German) Source: frankfurt.de
- ^ German municipalities struggle with record deficits (English) Source: dw-world.de