Henriette Reker

Henriette Reker
Reker in 2019
Mayor of Cologne
Assumed office
20 November 2015
DeputyElfi Scho-Antwerpes
Preceded byJürgen Roters
Personal details
Born (1956-12-09) 9 December 1956 (age 68)
Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany
Political partyIndependent

Henriette Reker (born 9 December 1956) is a German lawyer and independent politician. She is known for her pro-immigration stance and for being the victim of an assassination attempt in 2015 [de]. A day after the attack, Reker was elected mayor of Cologne after gaining 52.66% of the votes.[1] She is the first female mayor elected in Cologne's history. Reker was re-elected in 2020.

  1. ^ City of Cologne: Oberbuergermeisterwahl Archived 20 October 2015 at the Wayback Machine, retrieved 19 October 2015

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