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Luca Piwodda

Luca Piwodda is a German politician who has served as the mayor of Gartz since 9 June 2024. He is the third youngest mayor in Germany, being elected at the age of 25.

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Luca Piwodda
Mayor of Gartz
Incumbent
Assumed office
9 June 2024
Preceded byInge Reppenhagen
Personal details
Born (1999-09-04) 4 September 1999
Schwedt/Oder, Germany
PartyParty of Progress (since 2024)
Other political
affiliations
Free Parliamentary Alliance (2018–2024)
Alma materUniversity of Greifswald
Websitewww.luca-piwodda.de

Luca Piwodda (born 4 September 1999) is a German politician who has served as the mayor of Gartz since 9 June 2024. He is the third youngest mayor in Germany, being elected at the age of 25.12

Early life

Piwodda was born on 4 September 1999 in Schwedt/Oder and grew up in Gartz. He completed his Abitur at the Carl-Friedrich-Gauß-Gymnasium in 2017.3 Piwodda attended the University of Greifswald, where he studied politics, history, and philosophy.45

Political career

Piwodda's political career began at the age of 15, when his family took him to a local Social Democratic Party (SPD) gathering. Later being able to secure an internship at the Bundestag,16 Piwodda grew disillusioned with the SPD by the 2017 federal election and founded his own political party, the Free Parliamentary Alliance (FPA) in summer of 2018, a self-proclaimed centre-left party for the youth.78910

During the 2024 Brandenburg local elections, Piwodda ran as an independent for four positions simultaneously: a seat on the Uckermark district council as well as mayor, Ortsbeirat, and city council of Gartz; all of which he won.1 As the mayor of Gartz, Piwodda succeeded Inge Reppenhagen of the FPA who ran in place of Piwodda during the 2019 mayoral election against Piwodda's SPD grandfather.711 In his 2024 mayoral bid, he won 74.35% of the vote (919 votes), defeating the only other candidate, Evelin Wenzel of The Left, in the first round.12

Piwodda's party, the FPA, merged with the Party of Progress (PdF) in 2024.1314 Piwodda has since served on the PdF's presidium.1516

Personal life

Piwodda is a midfielder at the local SV Blau-Weiß 90 Gartz football club.17 His grandfather Burkhard Fleischmann, an SPD politican was 11 years mayor of Gartz.18

References

References

  1. "Luca Piwodda: Junger Bürgermeister will Demokratie stärken". ZDFheute (in German). 2024-08-24. Retrieved 2026-02-26.
  2. "Ostdeutschland: „Hier ist keiner plötzlich rechtsextrem geworden. Leute fühlen sich von Bundespolitik verlassen" - WELT". DIE WELT (in German). Retrieved 2026-03-20.
  3. "Luca Piwodda - Über mich". www.luca-piwodda.de. Retrieved 2026-02-26.
  4. "Herr Piwodda meistert die Wende". Herr Piwodda meistert die Wende (in German). Retrieved 2026-03-20.
  5. Weyer, Eva-Martina (2024-03-29). "Dieser 24-Jährige gründet seine eigene Partei und will Bürgermeister werden". www.nordkurier.de (in German). Retrieved 2026-03-20.
  6. "Junger Bürgermeister: Aufbruch an der Oder". KOMMUNAL.DE (in German). Retrieved 2026-02-26.
  7. "Der Kandidat - JoinPolitics". www.joinpolitics.org (in German). Retrieved 2026-02-26.
  8. "Junger Bürgermeister in der Uckermark: Ein 25-Jähriger krempelt die Provinz um". Der Tagesspiegel Online (in German). ISSN 1865-2263. Retrieved 2026-02-26.
  9. "Politik in der Uckermark: Jung-Politiker Luca Piwodda aus Gartz bei Schwedt darf trotz Wahlniederlage auf Geldsegen hoffen". www.moz.de (in German). Retrieved 2026-03-20.
  10. Liebetrau, Niklas (2024-08-12). "Brandenburgs jüngster Bürgermeister: „Der eine AfD-Stadtverordnete hier ist ein total Netter"". Berliner Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 2026-03-20.
  11. Garbe, Sophie (2021-08-15). "(S+) Wie Luca Piwodda gegen seinen SPD-Großvater in den Wahlkampf zog". Der Spiegel (in German). ISSN 2195-1349. Retrieved 2026-02-26.
  12. "Hauptwahl 09.06.2024 | Wahlen Brandenburg". wahlen.brandenburg.de. Retrieved 2026-02-26.
  13. Herrmann, Christian. "Gartz wählt AfD - und einen jungen Windkraft-Bürgermeister". ntv.de (in German). Retrieved 2026-02-26.
  14. "Luca Piwodda - Die Zukunft in die Politik holen". Carls Zukunft (in German). 2025-02-20. Retrieved 2026-02-26.
  15. "Vorstand". Partei des Fortschritts (in German). Retrieved 2026-02-26.
  16. Bildung, Bundeszentrale für politische (2025-02-06). "Partei des Fortschritts | Bundestagswahl 2025". bpb.de (in German). Retrieved 2026-03-20.
  17. ""In meiner Mannschaft bin ich nicht Bürgermeister Piwodda, sondern Mitspieler Luca"". www.fussball.de (in German). Retrieved 2026-02-26.
  18. ""In meiner Mannschaft bin ich nicht Bürgermeister Piwodda, sondern Mitspieler Luca"". www.fussball.de (in German). Retrieved 2026-02-26.
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