Simon Faber is a German politician and was Lord Mayor of Flensburg between January 15, 2011 and January 15, 2017.
Occupation
politician, primator, Germanist
Position held
mayor
Citizenship
Kingdom of Denmark, Germany
Born
September 11, 1968
Overview
Simon Faber (born September 11, 1968 in Flensburg) is a German politician (Südschleswigscher Wählerverband) and was Lord Mayor of Flensburg between January 15, 2011 and January 15, 2017.
Early life
Faber graduated 1987 from the Danish highschool in Flensburg, having achieved his Abitur. After military service, he studied at the University of Aarhus and at The Royal Academy of Music in the Danish town Aarhus. Having worked for a Danish publisher for some time, he became the director's intendant of Danmarks Radio radio orchestra from 2002 to 2004.
Since 2004 he has been living in Flensburg again. In 2010 he was cultural policy consultant for the Danish minority in Germany at the Danish Parliament.
In May 2010, the Südschleswigsche Wählerverband nominated him as a candidate for the mayoral election of Flensburg on October 31, 2010. In the first round of election he was second to Elfi Heesch (CDU und Bündnis 90/Die Grünen, 25.1%) with 19.4% of the votes and before Thede Boysen (SPD, 18.2%). During the second round of election on November 21, 2010, he won (with 54.8%) through Elfi Heesch (45.2%).
