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Kurt Sieveking
First Mayor of Hamburg
In office
1953–1957
Preceded byMax Brauer
Succeeded byMax Brauer
Personal details
Born21 December 1897
Hamburg
Died16 March 1962
Hamburg
NationalityGerman
Political partyCDU

Kurt Sieveking (born 21 December 1897 in Hamburg; died 16 March 1986 in Hamburg) was a German politician (CDU) and First Mayor of Hamburg. In his position as the head of a German state, he was serving as President of the Bundesrat in 1956–1957.

Sieveking was from a well known Hamburg family. Many streets and places in Hamburg were named after them: e.g. Sievekingsallee, Sievekingdamm or Sievekingsplatz (53°33'19"N 9°58'34"E).

In 1951, Sieveking was appointed as the consul in Stockholm and later ambassador in Sweden. In 1953, Sieveking was the canditate of the conservative parties for the office of the First Mayor. He won the election, in his office term he reformed the school system and initiated the town twinning with Saint Petersburg (then Leningrad) in 1957. After the election defeat he remained member of the Hamburg Parliament.[1]

Sieveking is buried at the Ohlsdorf Cemetery.[2]

References

  1. ^ Ruoff, Manuel (2005). "Sieveking, Kurt". Hamburg Lexikon (3 ed.). Ellert&Richter. p. 437. ISBN 3831901791. Template:De icon
  2. ^ Grabstätten bekannter Persönlichkeiten, www.friedhof-hamburg.de, retrieved 2008-09-10 Template:De icon

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