Mike Josef
Mike Josef | |
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Mike Josef in 2015 | |
| Mayor of Frankfurt | |
| Assumed office 15 May 2023 | |
| Preceded by | Nargess Eskandari-Grünberg (acting) |
| Full-Time City Councilor and Head of the Department of Planning and Housing and Sports | |
| In office 2016–2023 | |
| Member of the Frankfurt am Main City Council | |
| In office 2011–2016 | |
| Preceded by | multi-member district |
| Succeeded by | multi-member district |
| Organizing Secretary at the German Trade Union Federation (DGB) | |
| In office 2011–2016 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Mike Yusuf 25 January 1983 Qamishli, Syria |
| Political party | Social Democratic Party |
Mike Josef (né Yusuf; Syriac: ܡܐܝܟ ܝܘܣܦ; born 25 January 1983) is a German politician who has served as the Lord Mayor of Frankfurt am Main since May 2023.
On 26 March 2023, he was elected mayor of Frankfurt in a runoff election of the Lord Mayor with 92,371 votes (51.7% of the votes cast) against the CDU candidate Uwe Becker. The day of his inauguration is 11 May 2023.