New Mayor for Kiel: These candidates are ready!

New Mayor for Kiel: These candidates are ready!

The tension increases in Kiel, because on November 16, 2025 the new mayor will be elected. The incumbent mayor Ulf Kämpfer (SPD) has announced that he will not start to re -election, but would like to switch to state politics. This opens the door for a new generation of candidates who will compete for the trust of the Kiel citizens. NDR.de reports that the candidates are now fully determined.

In the coming months, the political landscape of Kiel will change tremendously, because the list of applicants is diverse and shaped by different experiences. At the top of the most promising candidates are Samet Yilmaz from the Greens, Ulf Daude from the SPD and Gerrit Derkowski, who is supported by the CDU and FDP. Samet Yilmaz, who works both as a parliamentary group leader in the Kiel town hall and as a head of unit in the Ministry of the Interior, is the desired candidate of his party. [KN-ONLINE.de] (https://www.kn-online.de/lokal/stadtverpraech-zur-wahl-in-kiel- between-den-legen-uken-ubjagdfzcoxnnl6qlly.html) emphasizes that the candidate members will be coordinated in the coming weeks must.

The candidate team

• Marcel Schmidt (SSW) : 61 years, retired police chief commissioner and for 11 years Chairman of the Kiel SSW Council Group.
• Ulf Daude (SPD) : 52 years, experienced headmaster and former head of unit at the State Chancellery.
• gerrit Derkowski (independent) : 55 years, former NDR moderator, currently supported by the CDU and FDP.
• Björn Thoroe (left) : 40 years, regular MPs for two years in the Kiel Council meeting.
• Hubert Pinto de Kraus (AfD) : 59 years, was a marine instructor and was elected unanimously.
• Samet Yilmaz (Greens) : parliamentary group leader of the Greens and head of unit in the Ministry of the Interior.
• Florian Wrobel (the party) : Candidate since the end of November 2024, he was also elected unanimously.
• viola Ketelsen (volt) : freelance process attendant and project manager on the list.

A particularly interesting detail is that in the last three elections only one female candidate has shone in the political arena Kiel - Susanne Gaschke. This is a remarkable aspect, especially since all promising applicants are men this time. The candidates bring a mixture of old and new experiences that could ensure fresh wind in urban politics.

political course

A central topic that will be on the agenda after the election is the vote on the Olympic acquisition of the city of Kiel. This could be a crucial step for the development of the city, and the question is who takes a seat on the mayor's armchair to promote this important project.

The members of the SPD will also decide in autumn whether the state chair or the Mayor of Kiel will lead the list to the upcoming state election. Ulf Kämpfer, who remains in office until he was handed over to a successor, did not make any clear statements regarding his future plans after the term. The coming months will clarify how the political landscape in Kiel will develop.