Harry Blum

Harry Blum (18. October 1944 in Lennestadt-Elspe, Sauerland; died 17. March 2000 in Cologne) was a German politician and member of the CDU. On 1. October 1999 he became the first directly elected mayor of Cologne, but he only held that office for six months when he died suddenly in March 2000.^[1]

Background and earlier life

Harry Blum was born Johannes Jacob Blum into an Old Colognian family, but the family was evacuated during the war. He received his Abitur at Dreikönigsgymnasium and studied law at the University of Cologne. Blum joined the Christian Democratic Union in 1964 and was a member of the city council since 1984.

Mayor of Cologne

Shortly before his election as mayor he adopted his long-time nickname as official first name and was henceforth Harry Johannes Jacob Blum. As one of his initiatives as councillor and mayor was the implementation of an architectural lighting concept for the city, which helped the city win the city.people.light award 2005.^[2]

Legacy

Harry-Blum-Platz in Cologne's Rheinauhafen is named after him.

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Mayors of Cologne

Oberbürgermeister der Stadt Köln (Lord Mayor)

1815-1933

• Karl Joseph von Mylius
• Franz Rudolf von Monschaw
• Johann Adolf Steinberger
• Friedrich Wilhelm Gräff
• Hermann Joseph Stupp
• Alexander Bachem
• Hermann Heinrich Becker
• Friedrich von Becker
• Max Wallraf
• Konrad Adenauer

1933-1945

• Günter Riesen
• Karl Georg Schmidt
• Peter Winkelnkemper
• Robert Brandes

since 1945

• Konrad Adenauer
• Willi Suth
• Hermann Pünder
• Ernst Schwering
• Robert Görlinger¹
• Ernst Schwering
• Robert Görlinger
• Ernst Schwering
• Theo Burauen
• John van Nes Ziegler
• Norbert Burger
• Harry Blum²
• Fritz Schramma
• Jürgen Roters
• Henriette Reker

• ¹ elected by sortition, after stand-off in city council
• ² first directly elected mayor

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