"I am delighted to be re-elected as Vice President of the Association of Cities and Towns and thank the delegates for their trust," said Katja Dörner. "The challenges facing cities are becoming greater in light of the multiple crises. This makes the Association of Cities all the more important as the 'voice of the cities' to represent our interests and concerns to the state governments, the federal government and the European Union," emphasizes the Mayor of Bonn. "When people in the municipalities experience that the state works, it strengthens our democracy."
Katja Dörner has headed the City of Bonn since fall 2020 and has also been a member of the Presidium of the Association of German Cities since then, holding the office of Vice President since May 2023. At the Annual General Meeting in Hanover, the Mayor of Saarbrücken, Uwe Conradt, was elected Vice President for the first time alongside Katja Dörner. The new President of the Association of German Cities is Burkard Jung, Mayor of Bonn of the City of Leipzig and former Vice President.
About the Association of German Cities
The Association of German Cities is a voluntary association of independent and district cities in Germany and a municipal umbrella organization. It represents the common interests of its members vis-à-vis the federal government, the Bundestag, the Bundesrat, the European Union and numerous organizations. The Association of German Cities represents a total of around 3,200 cities and municipalities with around 54 million inhabitants. It sees itself as the voice of the cities because it represents all independent cities including the city states of Berlin, Hamburg and Bremen as well as most of the cities belonging to districts.