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District administrators of Lüneburg and Hameln-Pyrmont: Withdrawal for health reasons!
Lüneburg's district administrator Jens Böther will not run again in 2026 for health reasons. Successor still uncertain.
District administrators of Lüneburg and Hameln-Pyrmont: Withdrawal for health reasons!
On August 11, 2025, two prominent district administrators from Lower Saxony decided not to run again in the upcoming new elections on September 13, 2026. Jens Böther, District Administrator of Lüneburg, and Dirk Adomat, District Administrator of Hameln-Pyrmont, are making room for possible successors, even if no successor candidates have been announced yet. Böther, who has been in office since 2019, justifies his decision for health reasons after recovering from cancer. Adomat, who headed the Hameln-Pyrmont district for six and a half years, is retiring for reasons of age in order to spend more time with his family, as Rundblick Niedersachsen reports.
For Böther, who previously served as full-time mayor of the city of Bleckede from 2006 to 2019, it was important to announce the decision early. This should not only involve the district council and the district administration employees, but also give other potential candidates enough time to prepare for the successor. Despite personal health challenges, he would like to actively use the remaining term in office until he resigns, according to the report from az-online.
Secure political future in Uelzen
While new leaders are being sought in the Lüneburg and Hameln-Pyrmont districts, Uelzen district administrator Dr. Heiko Blume has already announced his candidacy again in 2026. The CDU has announced that it will officially nominate Blume in November, which will ensure continued political stability in the region. The independent voting communities in the Uelzen district have nominated Léonard Hyfing as their opponent, which could cause some tension in the election campaign.
In view of the upcoming elections, health and social policy is increasingly becoming a key issue. A look at the current challenges in the German health system shows that, in addition to the new elections, health policy issues are also burning on citizens' minds. According to WahlCheck Gesundheit, there is a lack of concrete solutions to rising costs and the demand for more say in the health system in the party programs.
Integrative medicine and the need for systemic change in particular are issues that concern many voters. The election program so far only offers some of the relevant proposals for the next four years and leaves many pressing questions unanswered. The coming months will certainly be exciting, not only for voters, but also for those who are trying to succeed the outgoing district administrators.