District of Süw is choosing a new district administrator: Who will be the power player of the future?

Am 23. Februar wählt der Kreis Südliche Weinstraße seinen neuen Landrat. Kandidaten sind Dietmar Seefeldt, Anna Bendel und Eugen Ziegler.
On February 23, the district of Südliche Weinstraße will choose its new district administrator. Candidates are Dietmar Seefeldt, Anna Bendel and Eugen Ziegler. (Symbolbild/ANAG)

District of Süw is choosing a new district administrator: Who will be the power player of the future?

On February 23, 2025, a new district administrator will be elected in the Southern Weinstrasse district. The voters, a total of around 90,500, have the opportunity to decide on the management of the district administration in Landau for the next eight years. Dietmar Seefeldt from the CDU, Anna Bendel from the SPD and Eugen Ziegler from the AfD are the three candidates who stand up to the AfD. The decision will determine how the region will be further developed in the next few years and what priorities are set in the administration.

Dietmar Seefeldt, the current district administrator, has been in office since October 2017 and emphasizes that numerous future challenges for the region have to be mastered. He is 54 years old and lives in Offenbach an der Queich. His professional career included activities in the state forest and in the district administration Germersheim. Seefeldt wants to use its experiences to make the region future -proof.

candidates in detail

Anna Bendel, the SPD candidate, is 37 years old, born in Bad Bergzabern and grew up in Silz. She is currently working in Mainz, where she worked in the management staff of refugee aid and is now working in the press and public relations work of the State Chancellery. Bendel wants to return to her homeland and sees the candidacy as a way to actively participate in the design of your region.

The AfD candidate, Eugen Ziegler, brings a different perspective to the election campaign. Born in 1963, he lives in Niedhorbach and works as an independent car locksmith. Ziegler is also chairman of the AfD district association southern Weinstraße-Landau and has a seat in the Palatinate district council. His election program primarily addresses the importance of family, dual training and the three -part school system for the future of young people in the region.

electoral context and meaning

This choice takes place as part of the local elections in Rhineland-Palatinate, which are organized every five years. The elections offer citizens the opportunity to decide on the composition of local advisory boards, city and association councils as well as district councils. The next appointment for the local elections in Rhineland-Palatinate is June 9, 2024. This also makes the importance of the district administrator, which is usually dependent on an official election, depending on the deadline.

For voters in the Southern Wine Route district, the question arises as to which candidate can offer the best solutions for the upcoming challenges and the future development of the region. Further information and current developments on the district election are available in Rheinpfalz-Wahlblog The candidates can already expect a broad discussion about their ideas and concepts while the voters are preparing their decision.

The choice promises to be exciting, since the three candidates have to assert themselves in an increasingly polarized political environment. Anyone who will prevail and which vision for the region can ultimately prevail remains to be seen. Citizens are called to give up and choose their vote so that the future of the circle is designed.

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