Mayor Burkhard Exner

Administrative Division 1 - Finance, Investments, and Controlling
Bürgermeister und Beigeordneter für Finanzen, Investitionen und Controlling: Burkhard Exner.
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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.