Dr Dieter Salomon

 
Dr Dieter Salomon is the Lord Mayor of the City of Freiburg since 2002 and a member of the Green Party. Dr Salomon is also a member of the World Executive Committee of ICLEI (International Council of Local Environmental Initiatives), and a member of the Presiding Board of the German Association of Towns and Cities (Deutscher Städtetag). He studied political science, financial science, economic policy and French literature at the University of Freiburg and obtained his doctorate in 1991. Before assuming his current office, Dr Salomon was a member of the Municipal Council of the City of Freiburg for the Alliance '90/The Greens group and elected into the federal state parliament of Baden-Württemberg.