Luca Piwodda
German local politician and mayor
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Luca Piwodda (born 4 September 1999) is a German politician who has served as the mayor of Gartz since 9 June 2024. He is the third youngest mayor in Germany, being elected at the age of 25.[1][2]
affiliationsFree Parliamentary Alliance (2018–2024)
Luca Piwodda | |
|---|---|
| Mayor of Gartz | |
| Assumed office 9 June 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Inge Reppenhagen |
| Personal details | |
| Party | Party of Progress (since 2024) |
| Other political affiliations | Free Parliamentary Alliance (2018–2024) |
| Alma mater | University of Greifswald |
| Website | www |
Early life
Piwodda was born on 4 September 1999 in Schwedt/Oder and grew up in Gartz. He completed his Abitur at the Carl-Friedrich-Gauß-Gymnasium in 2017.[3] Piwodda attended the University of Greifswald, where he studied politics, history, and philosophy.[4][5]
Political career
Piwodda's political career began at the age of 15, when his family took him to a local Social Democratic Party (SPD) gathering. Later being able to secure an internship at the Bundestag,[1][6] Piwodda grew disillusioned with the SPD by the 2017 federal election and founded his own political party, the Free Parliamentary Alliance (FPA) in summer of 2018, a self-proclaimed centre-left party for the youth.[7][8][9][10]
During the 2024 Brandenburg local elections, Piwodda ran as an independent for four positions simultaneously: a seat on the Uckermark district council as well as mayor, Ortsbeirat, and city council of Gartz; all of which he won.[1] As the mayor of Gartz, Piwodda succeeded Inge Reppenhagen of the FPA who ran in place of Piwodda during the 2019 mayoral election against Piwodda's SPD grandfather.[7][11] In his 2024 mayoral bid, he won 74.35% of the vote (919 votes), defeating the only other candidate, Evelin Wenzel of The Left, in the first round.[12]
Piwodda's party, the FPA, merged with the Party of Progress (PdF) in 2024.[13][14] Piwodda has since served on the PdF's presidium.[15][16]
Personal life
Piwodda is a midfielder at the local SV Blau-Weiß 90 Gartz football club.[17]