Mayor Lothar Quast

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Born on:    1 July 1955 in Eschwege,
    grew up in Rheine in Westphalia
Marital status:    married, 2 children
Religion:    Protestant
1962 - 1966    Primary school in Rheine
1966 - 1974        Secondary school for modern languages (neusprachlices   Gymnasium), school leaving qualification (Abitur)
1974 - 1975    National Service
1975 - 1980        Studied law and political sciences at the Westphalia Wilhelms University  in Munster
1980    1st law examination
1981 - 1983        Internship at the Munster district court and Munster regional council
1983    2nd law examination
1984 - 1987        Employed as legal counsel in the legal department of the City of Mannheim
1987 – 1988        Employed as personal assistant to the Mayor of the City of Mannheim
1989    Elected in the mayoral election of the City of Mannheim as alderman responsible for planning, construction, environmental protection and urban development
1997    Re-elected as alderman for the planning, construction, environmental protection and urban development business areas
1990 – 1998        Chairperson of the Mannheim district association of the SPD
2005    Re-elected again as alderman for the planning, construction, environmental protection and urban development business areas
2013    Re-elected again as alderman for the planning, construction, transport and sport business areas.
    Mandates in Supervisory Boards of municipal enterprises: GBG Mannheimer Wohnungsbaugesellschaft mbH, BBS Bau- und Betriebsservice GmbH, MWS Projektentwicklungsgesellschaft mbH, Mannheimer Parkhausbetriebe GmbH, MVV Verkehr GmbH.