Jochen Ott
# Jochen Ott

Jochen Ott (9 May 1974 in Porz) is a German teacher and politician of the Social Democrats (SPD) who has been serving as member of the Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia since 2010.

## Political career

From 2011 until 2019, Ott served as the leader of the party in Cologne. In 2015, he unsuccessfully ran to become Mayor of Cologne; he eventually suspended his mayoral election campaign in 2015 after the stabbing of his main rival Henriette Reker.

In parliament, Ott serves on the Committee on Education.

## Other activities

### Corporate boards

* NRW.BANK, Member of the Advisory Board (since 2018)
* Cologne Bonn Airport, Deputy Chairman of the Supervisory Board
* RheinCargo, Member of the Supervisory Board

### Non-profit organization

* Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR), Alternate Member of the Broadcasting Council
* Education and Science Workers' Union (GEW), Member
