Ulrich Maly


Dr. Ulrich Maly is a German politician, a member of the Social Democratic Party of Germany who served as Mayor of Nuremberg from 2002 till 2020.

Early life and education

Ulrich Maly was born in Nuremberg, Bavaria, and educated at the elementary school in the Amberger Straße and the Johannes Scharrer Gymnasium. After the Zivildienst at a retirement home at Mimberg near Burgthann, he studied economics at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, majoring in economic policy and public law. In 1990 he received his Dr. rer. pol. with a dissertation on "Economy and environment in municipal development policy."

Political career

From 1967 Maly was involved honorarily in the Sozialistische Jugend Deutschlands – Die Falken and was delegated by them as the chairman of the Kreisjugendring Nuremberg-City. Since 1984 Maly has been a member of the SPD.
In 1990, Maly became whip of the SPD city council faction. From 1996 to 2002 Maly held the appointment of the city treasurer of Nuremberg. Since 1 May 2002 Ulrich Maly has been the Lord Mayor of the city of Nuremberg. In November 2005 he was elected to the SPD federal executive council.
Maly was shortlisted for the 2008 World Mayor award.
In March 2019, Maly announced that he would not stand in the 2020 local elections but instead resign from active politics by the end of his term.

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