Dietrich Wolfe

General Information
Dietrich Wolfe is a writer, politician of Dundorf and current mayor of the nation's capital, Nordenhaus.

Life
Wolfe was born in a poor, eastern district of Nordenhaus in 3166. He studied literature and journalism at the Volksuniversität von Nordenhaus. In 3186, he became a writer and a journalist for the left-wing newspaper Stimme des Volkes (People's Voice). In 3189, he decided to run for Mayor of Nordenhaus as an independent candidate against incumbent Gregor Weinzierl. Polls showed him trailing Weinzierl by more than 30%, however he gained support when it was revealed that his opponent had been a member of a fascist party in his early days, resulting in a drop of his popularity. In the end, Wolfe won by a wide margin. In 3194, he was easily re-elected. When Wolfe announced that he would raise charges for wealthy inhabitants of Dundorf, his popularity dropped, as, according to studies, about one third of the city's population counts among this group. When polls predicted a heavy defeat in 3198, he formed a coalition of several small centrist parties, called the Bürgerallianz (People's Alliance). In 3202, Wolfe had to run against popular socialist candidate Rolf-Uwe Rennecke, but received support from conservative and liberal opposition parties and won by a margin of 20%. Four years later, he defeated conservative candidate Edwin Reisch. He was also re-elected in 3208 In 3212, he was challenged by right-wing candidate and former Chairwoman of the LDP, Michelle Ehrenfeld, but due to the support of the People's Alliance, he won again, albeit by a very small margin. As mayor, he turned the dirty, desolate city in a lively metropolis as well as reducing the poverty rate vom 44% in 3189 to 21% in 3210. However, as a result of his welfare and education programms and overwhelming spending, Nordenhaus is now the most indebted city of Dundorf.