Katja Wolf

Katja Wolf
Katja Wolf
	Wolf in 2024
Member of the Landtag of Thuringia
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 1 September 2024
	In office; 1 October 1999 – 30 June 2012
Mayor of Eisenach
	In office; 1 July 2012 – 30 June 2024
Preceded by	Matthias Doht
Succeeded by	Christoph Ihling
Personal details
Born	Katja Hofer; 7 March 1976 (age 48); Erfurt, East Germany
Political party	BSW (2024–present)
Other political; affiliations	PDS (1999–2007); The Left (2007–2024)
Children	2
Alma mater	University of Erfurt
Occupation	Social worker • Politician

Katja Wolf (born 7 March 1976) is a German politician (BSW). She was a representative in the Landtag of Thuringia from 1999 to 2012 and between 2012 and 2024 the mayor of the city of Eisenach in Thuringia.

Biography

After completing her Abitur in 1994 at the Heinrich-Hertz-Gymnasium in Erfurt, Wolf studied social work at the University of Applied Sciences Erfurt and graduated with a diploma in 1999. From January to August 1999 she worked as a researcher for the Landtag of Thuringia. In the 1999 Thuringian state election, she was herself elected to the Landtag and became chair of the Equal Opportunities Committee (Gleichstellungsausschuss). She has been a member of the Eisenach city council since 2004.

In the 2009 Thuringian state election, Wolf succeeded in winning the direct mandate in the constituency of Wartburgkreis II - Eisenach.

For the 2012 Thuringian municipal elections, Wolf stood as a candidate for mayor of the city of Eisenach. On 6 May 2012, she was elected mayor with 51.6% of the vote.^[1] On 15 June 2015, a recall petition filed by the National Democratic Party of Germany (NPD) in city council also attracted considerable attention beyond the region when 16 out of 34 city councillors voted in favour of the motion in secret ballot, although the NPD had only three seats.^[2]

She is the lead candidate for Bündnis Sahra Wagenknecht in the 2024 Thuringian state election.

Wolf has no religious affiliation and is married with two children.

Links

Oberbürgermeisterin Katja Wolf - Profile from the City of Eisenach (in German)
Official website of Katja Wolf (German)

References

^ "Gründer- und Innovationszentrum: Wartburgstadt Eisenach". www.gis-eisenach.de. Retrieved 6 May 2012.
^ Paul-Philipp Braun (2015-06-16). "Abwahlantrag sorgt bundesweit für Aufsehen" (in German). EisenachOnline. Retrieved 2015-06-16.

[1] "Gründer- und Innovationszentrum: Wartburgstadt Eisenach". www.gis-eisenach.de. Retrieved 6 May 2012.

[2] Paul-Philipp Braun (2015-06-16). "Abwahlantrag sorgt bundesweit für Aufsehen" (in German). EisenachOnline. Retrieved 2015-06-16.

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