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Ortwin Runde
Ortwin Runde (born February 12, 1944) is a German politician from the Social Democratic party. He was the First Mayor ("Erster Bürgermeister") of the Free and Hanseatic City Hamburg from 1997 to 2001.
Early life and education.
Runde was born in Elbing (Elbląg), Danzig-Westpreußen. After receiving his high-school diploma in 1964, Runde studied Economics and Sociology at the universities of Münster and Hamburg. He received his diploma in Sociology in 1969. He entered public
2001 Hamburg state election
The Hamburg state election, 2001, was conducted on 23 September 2001, to elect members to the Hamburgische Bürgerschaft (state and city legislature) of Hamburg. It was the 17th legislative period of the parliament.
Post-election.
Ole von Beust (CDU) was able to form a controversial coalition-government with the centre-right FDP and the populist conservative Offensive from Ronald Schill. He was elected as first mayor instead of Ortwin Runde (SPD), who had been mayor since