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Jens Beutel

Jens Beutel (July 12, 1946 in Lünen – May 8, 2019) was a German politician and a member of the Social Democratic Party and served as lord mayor of Mainz beginning in 1997.

Professional biography

Beutel studied law at the University of Mainz from 1968-1976 and then served as a judge in Frankenthal, Koblenz and Mainz. He became a member of the city parliament in 1989, and became chairman of the SPD group in 1995.

Personal

Beutel started playing chess at age 13 and managed to attract the Chess Classic tournament to Mainz. In 2002, he lost a computer-assisted handicap match against chess champion Viswanathan Anand.

A Magenza foundation under the patronage of Prime Minister Kurt Beck and Jens Beutel was committed to the building and the sustainment of the new synagogue Mainz; a further 29 citizens and notables from Mainz and the region belong to the establishment founders.

See also

• List of Social Democratic Party of Germany politicians
• List of mayors of Mainz

References

1. Ehemaliger Mainzer Oberbürgermeister Jens Beutel gestorben Template:De icon
2. "Landeshauptstadt Mainz: Lebenslauf: Jens Beutel" (in German). Landeshauptstadt Mainz. Retrieved July 25, 2009.
3. ^ "Beutel, Jens" (in German). Institut für Geschichtliche Landeskunde an der Universität Mainz e.V. Retrieved July 25, 2009.
4. Chess Classic Mainz Template:De icon

External links

• Literature by and about Jens Beutel in the German National Library catalogue

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