The Governing Mayor of Berlin

Klaus Wowereit

Lawyer
Born in Berlin on 1 October 1953; single

• 1973: University entrance examination (Abitur) after attending secondary school (Ulrich-von-Hutten-Oberschule) in Berlin
• 1973 – 1979: Studied law at Freie Universität (Free University) Berlin
• 1979: Passed first state examination in law
• 1979 – 1984: Member (Social Democratic Party – SPD) of the Berlin Tempelhof borough assembly
• 1981: Passed second state examination in law
• 1981 – 1984: Worked for the Senate Department for the Interior; SPD party leader in the Berlin Tempelhof borough assembly
• 1984 – 1995: Borough Councillor for Education and Culture in Berlin Tempelhof
• Since 1995: Member of the Berlin House of Representatives
• 1995 – 1999: Deputy head of the SPD parliamentary group in the Berlin House of Representatives
• 1999 – 2001: Head of the SPD parliamentary group in the Berlin House of Representatives
• Since 16 June 2001: Governing Mayor of Berlin
• Since 1 January 2007: Commissioner of the Federal Republic of Germany for Cultural Affairs under the Treaty on Franco-German Cooperation