Mayor Lothar Quast
Born on: 1 July 1955 in Eschwege,
grew up in Rheine in Westphalia
Marital status: married, 2 children
Religion: Protestant
1962 - 1966 Primary school in Rheine
1966 - 1974 Secondary school for modern languages (neusprachlices Gymnasium), school leaving qualification (Abitur)
1974 - 1975 National Service
1975 - 1980 Studied law and political sciences at the Westphalia Wilhelms University in Munster
1980 1st law examination
1981 - 1983 Internship at the Munster district court and Munster regional council
1983 2nd law examination
1984 - 1987 Employed as legal counsel in the legal department of the City of Mannheim
1987 – 1988 Employed as personal assistant to the Mayor of the City of Mannheim
1989 Elected in the mayoral election of the City of Mannheim as alderman responsible for planning, construction, environmental protection and urban development
1997 Re-elected as alderman for the planning, construction, environmental protection and urban development business areas
1990 – 1998 Chairperson of the Mannheim district association of the SPD
2005 Re-elected again as alderman for the planning, construction, environmental protection and urban development business areas
2013 Re-elected again as alderman for the planning, construction, transport and sport business areas.
Mandates in Supervisory Boards of municipal enterprises: GBG Mannheimer Wohnungsbaugesellschaft mbH, BBS Bau- und Betriebsservice GmbH, MWS Projektentwicklungsgesellschaft mbH, Mannheimer Parkhausbetriebe GmbH, MVV Verkehr GmbH.