New deputy in Mönchengladbach: Sebastian Dreyer starts!
New deputy in Mönchengladbach: Sebastian Dreyer starts!
Mönchengladbach, Deutschland - On January 2, 2025, Sebastian Dreyer started his service as a deputy of the city of Mönchengladbach. In October 2024, Dreyer voted the city council with a large majority as a deputy for social affairs, youth and health. Mayor Felix Heinrichs presented him with the certificate of appointment during a ceremony.
The 44-year-old, who was born and grew up in Mönchengladbach, took over the business area of Dörte Schall. This has been a minister of work, social affairs, transformation and digitization of the state of Rhineland-Palatinate since July 2024. Dreyer graduated from the Franz-Meyers-Gymnasium and then studied law at the Heinrich Heine University in Düsseldorf, where he successfully completed his legal clerkship. In addition, he acquired a master's degree in social management at the Niederrhein University of Applied Sciences.
professional career and area of responsibility
Sebastian Dreyer has worked as a lawyer before his appointment as a deputy. In 2011 he returned to Mönchengladbach as a lawyer and deputy head of the Arbeitsgemeinschaft debtor counseling from the Free Welfare Associations. In 2016 he took over the management of the Mönchengladbach consumer center and was headed by the consumer center in Düsseldorf from 2021 until his appointment. According to Dreyer's division, the departments include social affairs, children, youth and family, health, geriatric care as well as social planning and inclusion. The chairman of the SPD council group, Janann Safi, was positive about Dreyer and his commitment to the challenges of the city.The decision to choose Dreyer as the successor to Dörte Schall fell in a council meeting on October 10, 2024. There were a total of 26 applications for the vacant position in Department V, which includes important topics such as childcare, maintenance of relatives, financial support, inclusion and homelessness. Dreyer received broad support from the council majority from the SPD, Greens and FDP. Also Dr. Boris Wolkowski and Ulla Schmitz from the Greens and Achim Wyen from the FDP have announced their support for Dreyer.
Dreyer was grateful for the trust of the council members and emphasized his commitment to the concerns of the city of Mönchengladbach. He plans to introduce himself to the other democratic factions to secure a broad majority.
More details about Dreyer’s appointment can be found in the reports of localklick.eu and mg-heute.de .
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