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Nargess Eskandari-Grünberg
Nargess Eskandari-Grünberg (2019)
Mayor of Frankfurt
Interim
Assumed office
12 November 2022
Preceded byPeter Feldmann
Personal details
Born
Nargess Eskandari

(1965-02-20) 20 February 1965 (age 59)[1]
Tehran, Pahlavi Iran[1]
Political partyAlliance 90/The Greens
SpouseKurt Grünberg
Children2, including Maryam Zaree [de]
ProfessionPsychotherapist

Nargess Eskandari-Grünberg (Template:Lang-fa; born 20 February 1965 in Tehran, Pahlavi Iran) is a German politician for Alliance 90/The Greens. Since 2021 she has been Bürgermeisterin (deputy mayor) of Frankfurt am Main; following the recall of previous Oberbürgermeister (lord mayor) Peter Feldmann, she has acted as Mayor of Frankfurt on a caretaker basis from 12 November 2022 until the next mayoral election in March 2023.

Early life

Eskandari-Grünberg was born in 1965 in Tehran. As a student she campaigned for democracy against the Ruhollah Khomeini regime. She was arrested and imprisoned in Evin Prison, and while there gave birth to a daughter, Maryam, with a fellow student.[2][3] She was released after a year and a half, and fled with her baby daughter to Germany, arriving in Frankfurt on Christmas Eve 1985.[2][4]

Eskandari-Grünberg earned a doctorate and became a psychotherapist with the German Red Cross, and married fellow psychologist Kurt Grünberg, with whom she has a second child.[5] Her daughter Maryam Zaree [de] became an actress, known for roles in the film Shahada and the TV series 4 Blocks and Tatort among others.[6] Eskandari-Grünberg was featured in Zaree's 2019 documentary Born in Evin [de], in which Zaree attempts to learn more about the circumstances of her mother's imprisonment and her own birth, and which won the 2020 German Film Award for Best Documentary Film.[3]

Political career

In 2001, Eskandari-Grünberg joined Frankfurt City Council as a councillor for The Greens, and from 2008 to 2016, she sat on the city cabinet as the Head of Department for Integration.[7] In the 2018 mayoral election, she ran as the Green candidate and finished third with 9.3% of the vote.[8]

After the 2021 Frankfurt local elections, in which the Greens finished first, Eskandari-Grünberg was chosen as the Bürgermeisterin (Deputy Mayor) as well as the Head of Department for Diversity, Anti-discrimination and Social Cohesion.[5][7] Following the successful recall election against Lord Mayor of Frankfurt Peter Feldmann,[a] Eskandari-Grünberg took over the role of lord mayor on 12 November 2022, and will be the caretaker until the next election, expected to be held in March 2023.[10][11][12]

Eskandari-Grünberg is not religious and is skeptical of Islamic teaching and the role of women in Islam, campaigning unsuccessfully for a headscarf ban in public buildings, but also defends freedom of religion and supports a "critical dialogue" with Muslims.[13][14] After defending immigration and the construction of a mosque in Frankfurt, Eskandari-Grünberg became the target of a Neo-Nazi intimidation campaign.[13][14] Eskandari-Grünberg has been a vocal critic of the human rights situation in Iran and called for sanctions against the country. During the Mahsa Amini protests in Iran in 2022, Eskandari-Grünberg organised and led demonstrations in support of Iranian feminists in Frankfurt.[15]

Other activities

Corporate boards

  • Wirtschaftsförderung Frankfurt GmbH, Member of the Supervisory Board[16]

Non-profit organizations

Footnotes

  1. ^ Feldmann's term in office expired on 11 November 2022 "at the end of that day"[9]

References

  1. ^ a b "Dr. Nargess Eskandari-Grünberg DIE GRÜNEN im Römer" (in German). Stadt Frankfurt. Retrieved 24 November 2022.
  2. ^ a b Busche, Andreas (18 October 2019). "Geboren im Gefängnis". Der Tagesspiegel (in German). Retrieved 7 November 2022.
  3. ^ a b Epp, Eugen (18 September 2019). "In iranischem Gefängnis geboren: Schauspielerin Maryam Zaree auf den Spuren ihrer Geschichte". Stern (in German). Retrieved 7 November 2022.
  4. ^ "Former Iranian Political Prisoner Elected as Mayor of Frankfurt". Kodoom. 25 September 2021. Retrieved 7 November 2022.
  5. ^ a b "Neue Bürgermeisterin: "Habe Frankfurt viel zu verdanken"". Frankfurter Neue Press (in German). 14 November 2021. Retrieved 7 November 2022.
  6. ^ "Das Leben ist fucking insane". Fräulein Magazine (in German). 2017. Retrieved 7 November 2022.
  7. ^ a b "Dr. Nargess Eskandari-Grünberg". Grüne Hessen (in German). 22 February 2022. Retrieved 7 November 2022.
  8. ^ "Direktwahl 2018 in Frankfurt-am-Main". Wahlamt Frankfurt. 26 February 2018. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
  9. ^ "Endgültiges Ergebnis des Bürgerentscheides zur Abwahl des Oberbürgermeisters der Stadt Frankfurt am Main steht fest" [The final result of the referendum to vote out the Lord Mayor of the City of Frankfurt am Main has been determined] (in German). Stadt Frankfurt. 11 November 2022. Retrieved 24 November 2022.
  10. ^ "Frankfurter wählen Oberbürgermeister Feldmann mit großer Mehrheit ab" [Frankfurters vote out Lord Mayor Feldmann with a large majority]. Tagesspiegel (in German). 6 November 2022. Retrieved 7 November 2022.
  11. ^ "Voters in Frankfurt remove city's mayor amid corruption case". ABC News. 7 November 2022. Retrieved 7 November 2022.
  12. ^ Leppert, Georg (14 November 2022). "Nargess Eskandari-Grünberg: Plötzlich ist sie Oberbürgermeisterin" [Nargess Eskandari-Grünberg: Suddenly she's the lord mayor]. Frankfurter Neue Presse (in German). Retrieved 24 November 2022.
  13. ^ a b Platten, Heide (8 April 2008). "Streitbare Frau mit vielen Feinden". taz (in German). Retrieved 7 November 2022.
  14. ^ a b Bartsch, Matthias (20 April 2008). "Zurück zu den Mullahs". Spiegel (in German). Retrieved 7 November 2022.
  15. ^ "Frankfurts Bürgermeisterin Eskandari-Grünberg über die Proteste im Iran". Hessenschau (in German). 7 October 2022. Retrieved 7 November 2022.
  16. ^ Supervisory Board Wirtschaftsförderung Frankfurt GmbH.
  17. ^ Board of Directors Alte Oper.
  18. ^ Supervisory Board Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt.