German politician (born 1967) Ebling in 2012

Michael Ebling (born 27 January 1967) is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD). On 25 March 2012 he was elected mayor of Mainz as successor of Jens Beutel (SPD). Ebling took over the office of mayor on 18 April 2012.

Contents

• 1 Early life and education
• 2 Political career
• 3 Mayor of Mainz
• 4 Other activities
  • 4.1 Corporate boards
  • 4.2 Non-profit organizations
• 5 Personal life
• 6 References
• 7 External links

Early life and education

After p*ing the Abitur at Gonsbach-Gymnasium in 1986, Ebling served for 20:months in the civilian service, or Zivildienst, caring for the disabled. He then studied law at the University of Mainz, and took on a political career as *istant to Klaus Hammer, member of the Landtag of Rhineland-Palatinate and chairman of the regional SPD. Later, he worked as an advisor to the ministry of education, science, and culture of the State of Rhineland-Palatinate, joining the office of minister of State Jürgen Zöllner.

Political career

Ebling joined the SPD at the age of 16. He took an active part in the Mainz city council between 1994 and 2002, taking a lead position as his parliamentary group's spokesman for cultural affairs. He also was a member of the executive committee of his party's parliamentary group. Between 1995 and 2007 he was chairman of the SPD at Mombach, succeeding to Ursula Distelhut as a representative of the borough of Mainz-Mombach.

Ebling was elected vice president of his party's parliamentary group in 1998, only to be chosen as president in November 2008. He was elected full-time deputy mayor for social affairs, youth, health and housing in 2002, after his predecessor Malu Dreyer changed to the third cabinet of Minister-President Kurt Beck of Rhineland-Palatinate. Since 2006, Ebling joined the office of Doris Ahnen as Secretary of State in the ministry of education, science, and culture of Rhineland-Palatinate. In this position he is member of the external advisory board of the Graduate School of Excellence – Materials Science in Mainz.

Mayor of Mainz

In a ballot on 25 March 2012 Michael Ebling was elected mayor of Mainz, gaining 58.2:percent of the votes cast against his compe*or Günther Beck (Alliance '90/The Greens) who came out second with 41.8:percent. Ebling was successful with an election programme putting social aspects and education policy on top of the agenda. He is the first native from Mainz to be elected mayor of his home town since 1965. On 10 November 2019, Ebling was reelected as mayor of Mainz. He gained 55.2:percent of the votes.

In the negotiations to form a coalition government under the leadership of Chancellor Angela Merkel following the 2017 federal elections, Ebling was part of the working group on municipalities and rural areas, led by Reiner Haseloff, Kurt Gribl and Michael Groschek.

Other activities

Corporate boards

• Gas-Union GmbH, Deputy Chairman of the Supervisory Board
• Mainzer Stadtwerke AG, Ex-Officio Chairman of the Supervisory Board
• Spark*e Mainz, Ex-Officio Chairman of the Supervisory Board
• Überlandwerk Groß-Gerau (ÜWG), Ex-Officio Chairman of the Supervisory Board
• Zentrale Beteiligungsgesellschaft der Stadt Mainz mbH (ZBM), Ex-Officio Chairman of the Supervisory Board

Non-profit organizations

• Business Forum of the Social Democratic Party of Germany, Member of the Political Advisory Board (since 2020)
• German *ociation of Local Utilities (VKU), President (since 2015)
• Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Member of the Board of Trustees
• Kunsthalle Mainz, Member of the Board of Trustees
• Max Planck Ins*ute for Polymer Research, Member of the Board of Trustees
• Staatstheater Mainz, Ex-Officio Chairman of the Supervisory Board
• Stifterverband für die Deutsche Wissenschaft, Member of the Board of Trustees

Personal life

Ebling is out as gay.

References

External links

• Michael Ebling on Facebook