Katja Dörner

Katja Dörner
Dörner in 2014
Mayor of Bonn
Incumbent
Assumed office 1 November 2020
Preceded by	Ashok-Alexander Sridharan
Member of the Bundestag for North Rhine-Westphalia
In office 27 October 2009 – 31 October 2020
Succeeded by	Janosch Dahmen
Constituency	Alliance '90/The Greens List
Personal details
Born	(1976-02-18) 18 February 1976 (age 48) Siegen, West Germany (now Germany)
Political party	Greens
Children	1

Katja Dörner (born 18 February 1976) is a German politician of the Alliance 90/The Greens who has been serving as mayor of Bonn since 2020. From 2009 until 2020, she was a member of the Bundestag.^[1]

Education and early career

Dörner studied political science in at the universities of Bonn, York and Edinburgh from 1995 until 2000.

From 2001 until 2003, Dörner worked as a legislative adviser to Sylvia Löhrmann, then the chairwoman of the Green Party's parliamentary group in the Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia. She subsequently advised the parliamentary group on education and vocational training policies from 2003 until 2009.

Political career

Dörner first became a member of the German Bundestag in the 2009 elections, representing North Rhine-Westphalia. In parliament, she served on the Committee on Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women, and Youth. From 2009 until 2013, she was also a member of the Budget Committee, where she served as rapporteur on the annual budget of the Federal Ministry of the Interior. In addition to her committee assignments, she was a member of the German-British Parliamentary Friendship Group.

From 2013 until 2020, Dörner served as vice-chair of the Green Party's parliamentary group, under the leadership of Katrin Göring-Eckardt and Anton Hofreiter.

In the – unsuccessful – negotiations to form a coalition government with the Christian Democrats – both the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and the Christian Social Union in Bavaria (CSU) – and the Free Democratic Party following the 2017 elections, Dörner was part of her party's delegation.^[2]

In August 2019, Dörner announced her intention to become Mayor of Bonn.^[3] She was elected in a run-off election on 27 September 2020 with 56.27% of the vote, becoming Bonn's second-ever female mayor.^[4]

In the negotiations to form a coalition government under the leadership of Minister-President of North Rhine-Westphalia Hendrik Wüst following the 2022 state elections, Dörner was part of her party’s delegation.^[5]

Other activities

Government bodies

• German Council for Sustainable Development (RNE), Member (since 2023, appointed ad personam by Chancellor Olaf Scholz)^[6]

Non-profit organizations

• Bonn International Award for Democracy, Chair of the Board of Trustees (since 2022)^[7]
• Institut Solidarische Moderne (ISM), Member (since 2010)^[8]
• German Foundation for World Population (DSW), Member of the Parliamentary Advisory Board (–2020)^[9]
• Plan International Deutschland, Member of the Board of Trustees^[10]
• Amnesty International, Member

Personal life

Dörner has lived in Bonn since 1995. In Berlin, she shared an apartment with Oliver Krischer.^[11]

References

1. "Deutscher Bundestag - Katja Dörner". Deutscher Bundestag (in German). Archived from the original on 4 September 2019. Retrieved 4 September 2019.
2. Barbara Gillmann and Silke Kersting (September 27, 2017), Sondierungsgespräche der Grünen: Jamaika braucht Trittins Segen Archived 2019-09-24 at the Wayback Machine Handelsblatt.
3. "Grünen-Politikerin - Katja Dörner will OB in Bonn werden" (in German). 26 August 2019. Archived from the original on 27 August 2019. Retrieved 4 September 2019.
4. Gemeinde Stadt Bonn
5. Martin Teigeler (23 May 2022), Nach NRW-Wahl: Sondierungen beginnen am Dienstag Westdeutscher Rundfunk.
6. Bundeskanzler beruft neuen Rat für Nachhaltige Entwicklung German Council for Sustainable Development (RNE), press release of 18 January 2023
7. Der Demokratiepreis stellt sich neu auf General-Anzeiger, 28 October 2022.
8. Members Archived 23 September 2020 at the Wayback Machine Institut Solidarische Moderne (ISM).
9. Advisory Board Archived 2019-04-22 at the Wayback Machine German Foundation for World Population (DSW).
10. Governance Archived 2019-09-24 at the Wayback Machine Plan International Deutschland.
11. Vinzenz Greiner (1 July 2015), Parlament und Pumpernickel Cicero’'.