Ob Election in Dortmund: He Drove the Social Democrats Out of the Red Heart Chamber

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Historical defeat for the Social Democrats: For the first time since the Second World War, a CDU man will move into the Dortmund City Hall. How could this happen?

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Alexander Omar Kalouti beats the SPD official in the key decision. That's no less than a political sensation. And she did a man with an unusual vita.

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BERLIN - Arab Jerusalem: Alexander Omar Kaloti ' s victory as Mayor of Dortmund constituted a heavy-calibre surprise in the German political scene, overthrowing the historical dominance of the Socialist Democratic Party over the city, which has continued since 1946. With the official announcement of the results on Monday, Kaloti, the candidate of the Christian Democratic Union, resolved the return round against the outgoing Socialist Mayor …

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Leopold Achilles for Nordstadtblogger By Lukas Pazzini, Finn Wieschermann, Alex Völkel, Erik Latos and Sina Sakrzewa On Sunday, historical events took place – that's how it was often heard in Dortmund's town hall.The CDU could hardly express its joy in words, the Social Democrats: inside they seemed as if they were frozen and could not believe that the former Heart Chamber of Social Democracy would soon no longer be ruled by a SPD mayor. We have…

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Dortmund has a new mayor: Alexander Kalouti of the CDU won with 52.92 % of the votes against the incumbent Thomas Westphal (SPD) in the run-off election on 28 September 2025. This marks the end of an era: since 1946, the SPD continuously established the mayor of the city. The voter turnout was 36.11 %, which indicates a rather reserved participation. Nevertheless, the political significance of the result was not overlooked. Even before the offic…

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PR-Politik-Wechsler: Dortmund elects a CDU-man with Alexander Omar Kalouti for the first time since 1946. On Sunday he won the final election against the SPD-office owner Thomas Westphal with almost 53% of the votes. He was last head of the press department at the Dortmund Theater and formerly at the Bavarian Ministry of Economics. He was born in Lebanon and grew up in Germany. sueddeutsche.de (Photo: IMAGO / Friedrich Stark)