Jochen Ott
German teacher and politician
Jochen Ott (9 May 1974 in Porz) is a German teacher and politician of the Social Democrats (SPD) who has been serving as member of the Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia since 2010.
01Political career
From 2011 until 2019, Ott served as the leader of the party in Cologne. In 2015, he unsuccessfully ran to become Mayor of Cologne; he eventually suspended his mayoral election campaign in 2015 after the stabbing of his main rival Henriette Reker.
In parliament, Ott serves on the Committee on Education.
02Other activities
Corporate boards
- NRW.BANK, Member of the Advisory Board (since 2018)
- Cologne Bonn Airport, Deputy Chairman of the Supervisory Board
- RheinCargo, Member of the Supervisory Board
Non-profit organization
- Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR), Alternate Member of the Broadcasting Council
- Education and Science Workers' Union (GEW), Member
Sources and credits
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