Administrative Division 1 - Finance, Investments, and Controlling

Bürgermeister und Beigeordneter für Finanzen, Investitionen und Controlling: Burkhard Exner.
Born on: March 23, 1958
Married, 1 child
Member of the SPD
- 1976 Abitur in Berlin-Steglitz
- 1977 – 1983 Studied law and (partially) economics at the Free University of Berlin
- 1983 First State Examination in Law (with distinction)
- 1983 - 1986 Trainee at the Berlin Court of Appeal
- 1986 Second (major) State Examination in Law
- 1986 – 1991 Self-employed lawyer, licensed to practice at the Regional Court of Berlin and the Court of Appeal
- 1990 – 1991 Legal Secretary of the ÖTV Union
- 1991 – 1993 Head of the Legal Office and Legal Advisor, District of Nauen – Establishment of the Legal Office
- 1994 – 1997 Head of the Legal Office and Legal Advisor, District of Havelland (legal successor to the districts of Nauen and Rathenow)
- 1997 – 2000 Head of the Legal and Municipal Supervision Office and Legal Advisor, District of Havelland
- 2000 – 2002 First Deputy Mayor (Deputy District Administrator), District of Havelland, Head of the Department for General Administration, Finance, and Law,
- 2001/2002 also temporarily Head of the Department for Youth, Social Affairs, School, Health, and Culture
- From August 2002 to December 2018, Deputy Mayor for Central Control and Finance of the state capital Potsdam
- January 1, 2006 Elected Mayor of the state capital Potsdam
- September 4, 2013 Re-elected as Mayor of the state capital Potsdam effective January 1, 2014
- Since January 1, 2019, Deputy for Finance, Investments, and Controlling of the state capital Potsdam.