Joachim Erwin (* 2 September 1949 in Stadtroda/Thuringia) is acting mayor of the state capital of North Rhine-Westphalia Duesseldorf.

Life

The CDU member studied at the Ruhr University Bochum jurisprudence, sport and Hispanistik and worked since 1976 as an attorney in Duesseldorf. It was between 1975 and 1988 member of the town councillor again, thereafter member in the North-Rhine/Westphalian federal state parliament and since 1994 in the town councillor. 1998 he was selected to the mayor of the city Duesseldorf. Since the local election in the year 1999 Joachim Erwin mayor of the city is and replaced thereby Marie Luise Smeets (1994-1999). With the local election 2004 it was red-elect with 50,4% of the abgebenen voices in the first ballot.

By this office Erwin is highest service gentleman of the city administration, in addition he leads the presidency in the advice of the city as well as in the main and financial committee. He is besides a chairman of the supervisory board of the fair Duesseldorf GmbH, as well as the board of directors of the municipal savings bank and the member in the supervisory board of the airport Duesseldorf. In the advice it governs since 1999 with the majority of CDU and FDP. Between 1999 and 2004 there was no formal co-operation agreement between the parties, so that in the debate around Duesseldorf Arcaden at the station Bilk in June 2005 advice majority did not come for the first time.

Politics

Erwins often occurrence mentioned and its occurring for large building projects such as LTU arena and Bilker Arcaden led to a polarization of the public. The one accuse to him size illusion, the others welcome its attempt establishing Duesseldorf than visitor magnets and economic situation under the large cities. With the SPD state government (until May 2005) and the chief of the police of Duesseldorf it lay frequently in an press-effective dispute to topics of the safety and financial policy. Erwin came besides several times into the public criticism. Thus it tried 2002 with the office for order to exhaust all legal possibilities in order to dissolve a camp of Sinti and Roma, which wanted to demonstrate in such a way for a lodging right, and acted with it sharp criticism of the churches, human right organizations and welfare organisations in. At the end of of 2003 became admits that against Erwin because of the first suspicion on tax evasion one determines. It concerned thereby scarcely 90,000 euro for taxation not defined incomes. The preliminary investigation was stopped for lack of sufficient of suspicion. Likewise its role is disputed in the sale of lock Eller to the Provinzial insurance in the year 2005, after it admits became that he sits in the board of directors that of enterprise.

Beyond of Duesseldorf borders it became by in the long run unsuccessful applications of the state capital as delivering place of the soccer world championship 2006 and the olympic plays 2012 admits.

To the nepotism in the building project "„Duesseldorf Arcarden "“, which by the architect walter Brune were strongly criticized, comes 2005 again competition prevention by exclusion of possible applicants. While walter Brune, which Erwin pulled before by provisional order to the omission in May 2005 before court, was acquitted due to the right for free expression of opinion, Joachim Erwin prevents the architectural competition for the reorganization of the elbow, for the angedachten planning of the area of government administration approximately around the and for the reorganization of the station free area. Instead mayor Erwin for important concerning town construction projects workshop procedures so mentioned, to which some architect's offices are invited, prefers being again excluded others.

Under Erwin Duesseldorf is one of the few large cities of Germany, which could exhibit a balanced household by doubtful privatisation business and diminish indebtedness. At the end of of 2006 wants to be free from debt Duesseldorf. This is reached particularly by the sales by urban net assets. Critics call this procedure aligned to short termness. The attempt the majority portions of public utilities Duesseldorf AG to sell was stopped in the year 2001 by a citizen decision. In December 2005 the sales was converted against a legal mehrheitliches citizen desiring.

Related links

• Official web page of the city Duesseldorf
• WDR: WHETHER - suspicion on tax evasion
• Rheini post office: Erwin is subject in the controversy against summerhouse castle
• Rheini post office: Determinations against Erwin adjusted
• WHETHER Erwin: Power plots and prestige behavior
• The disencumberment of the city Duesseldorf

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