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Jens Beutel
Beutel in 2009

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.

Career

Beutel studied law at the University of Mainz from 1968-1976 and then served as a judge in Frankenthal, Koblenz and Mainz. He began his political career as Ortsbeirat in the suburb Mombach in 1974. Beutel was elected to the city parliament in 1989, and became chairman of the SPD group in 1995.

Beutel was elected as Oberbürgermeister (lord mayor) in 1997. During his time as lord mayor, a new shopping passage, a new stadium and the new synagogue Mainz were built. He resigned in 2011.

Chess

Jens Beutel and Viswanathan Anand, Chess Classic Mainz 2002

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.

Legacy

Beutel's successor Michael Ebling (SPD) credited Beutel as a man of balance and dialogue ("Mann des Ausgleichs und des Dialogs") and a committed team player, who always emphasized the community in the city ("als engagierten Teamplayer, der stets das Gemeinschaftliche in unserer Stadt betonte").

See also

References

  1. ^ "Ehemaliger Mainzer Oberbürgermeister Jens Beutel gestorben". Die Welt (in German). 9 May 2019. Retrieved 9 May 2019.
  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.

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