Iris Stalzer
Iris Stalzer | |
|---|---|
| Mayor-elect of Herdecke | |
| Assuming office 1 November 2025 | |
| Succeeding | Katja Strauss-Köster |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1968 (age 56–57) |
| Political party | Social Democratic Party of Germany (since 2014) |
| Other political affiliations | Alliance 90/The Greens (until 2014) |
Ute Iris Stalzer (born 1968 in Frankfurt am Main) is a German politician from the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD). She is the designated mayor of Herdecke in the south-eastern Ruhr region.
Biography
[edit]Stalzer grew up in Herdecke as the daughter of a steelworker. She studied law and works as a specialist lawyer for labor law in Herdecke.[1]
Until 2020, Stalzer was a member of the Herdecke city council, for Alliance 90/The Greens until she left the party at the end of 2014.[2][3]
She later joined the SPD. In the 2025 local elections, Stalzer was elected mayor of Herdecke. She prevailed in the runoff election on 28 September 2025, with 52.2% (first round: 42.5%) of the vote against Fabian Haas (CDU; first round: 39.2%). The planned inauguration date is 1 November 2025.[4]
Stalzer is married and has two adopted children, a girl from Mali born 2007/8 and a boy from Haiti born 2009/10.[5][6][7] On 7 October 2025, Stalzer was stabbed thirteen times and critically injured.[8][9] Her adopted son was initially arrested,[10] however Stalzer later identified her daughter as the attacker.[7] Stalzer was tortured for hours and also suffered skull fractures.[11] One day before the attack Stalzer contacted the police twice,[12] because she felt threatened by her adopted daughter.[13]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "SPD Herdecke nominiert Iris Stalzer einstimmig als Bürgermeisterkandidatin". spd-herdecke-ende.de (in German). 16 April 2025. Retrieved 7 October 2025.
- ^ Schlenga, Susanne (3 December 2014). "Herdecker Grünen-Fraktion trennt sich". wp.de (in German). Westfalenpost. Retrieved 7 October 2025.
- ^ "Restfraktion der Grünen sieht nach Austritten Mandats-Klau". wp.de (in German). Westfalenpost. 18 February 2015. Retrieved 7 October 2025.
- ^ "Ergebnisse der Stichwahl und Dank an Wahlhelfende". Stadt Herdecke (in German). 6 October 2025. Retrieved 7 October 2025.
- ^ Tobias Janßen, Klaus Felder, Sebastian Reddig (8 October 2025). "Stalzer nach Messerangriff außer Lebensgefahr – Adoptivtochter unter Tatverdacht". rtl.de (in German). RTL West. Retrieved 13 October 2025.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ "NRW: Messerangriff auf Bürgermeisterin von Herdecke". Der Spiegel (in German). 7 October 2025. ISSN 2195-1349. Retrieved 7 October 2025.
- ^ a b https://www.dw.com/en/german-mayor-recovering-names-daughter-as-knife-attacker/a-74280405
- ^ "NRW: Messerangriff auf Bürgermeisterin von Herdecke". Der Spiegel (in German). 7 October 2025. ISSN 2195-1349. Retrieved 7 October 2025.
- ^ "German mayor critically injured in stabbing attack, police say". BBC News. 7 October 2025. Retrieved 7 October 2025.
- ^ "Iris Stalzer Stabbing Update: Police Arrest Mayor's 15-Year-Old Adopted Son in Herdecke". Cedar News. 8 October 2025.
- ^ Jonathan Cater (10 October 2025). "German mayor-elect alleges adopted teenage daughter stabbed and tortured her". tvpworld.com. Retrieved 13 October 2025.
- ^ "Angriff auf designierte Bürgermeisterin von Herdecke". spiegel.de (in German). 12 October 2025. Retrieved 13 October 2025.
- ^ Iris Stalzer war einen Tag vor dem Angriff bei der Polizei on YouTube, Focus, 12 October 2025 (in German)
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