Dieter Reiter
# Dieter Reiter

Dieter Reiter (born 19 May 1958) is a German politician and the mayor of Munich, the capital of the state of Bavaria. He is a member of the Social Democratic Party.

## Career

Reiter was born in Rain, Swabia. He studied at the Fachhochschule für öffentliche Verwaltung und Rechtspflege in Hof, where he finished 1981. On the 30. March 2014 he was voted with 56.7% of votes mayor of Munich. He succeeded Christian Ude, who served as mayor from 1993 to 2014. Reiter was a SPD delegate to the Federal Convention for the purpose of electing the President of Germany in 2017.

In 2021, Reiter proposed illuminating the stadium for UEFA Euro 2020 in rainbow colors to protest the Hungarian anti-LGBT law, but this was rejected by UEFA.

## Other activities

### Corporate boards

* FC Bayern, member of the advisory board
* Stadtwerke München (SWM), ex officio chairman of the supervisory board
* Munich Airport, ex officio member of the supervisory board
* Messe München, ex officio member of the supervisory board

### Non-profit organizations

* Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, member of the board of trustees
* Technische Universität München, member of the board of trustees
* Deutsches Museum, member of the board of trustees
* Ifo Institute for Economic Research, member of the board of trustees
* ver.di, member

## Personal life

Reiter has been married twice, and is the father of a son from his first marriage. His second wife, Petra, has two children of her own from a previous relationship.

