Florian Janik


Florian Josef Janik is a German politician and mayor of Erlangen since 1 May 2014.

Biography

In July 1999 Janik completed Abitur at the Ohm-Gymnasium in Erlangen. In 1999 and 2000 he attended civilian service at the Arbeiter-Samariter-Bund Erlangen-Höchstadt. He studied social science at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg from 2001 to 2005. Since 2005 he was scientific employee at the Bundesagentur für Arbeit.
Florian Janik is married to Sylvia Janik and has two children, Lotta Janik and Max Janik.

Political career

In 1998, Janik joined the SPD and became member of Erlangen's town council in 2002. In 2008, he took over the leadership of his coalition party. In the mayor election on 16 March 2014 he got 37.2% of all votes. In the final ballot on 20 March 2014 he won against the previous mayor Siegfried Balleis. His term began on 1 May 2014.

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