Politics
Three groupings are represented on Brake City Council, the Social Democratic Party of Germany/Unabhängige Wählergemeinschaft (non-aligned citizens' coalition) or SDP/UWG, the Christian Democratic Union/Free Democratic Party or CDU/FDP, and a WGB (Wählergemeinschaft Brake or Brake Voters' Community) faction. The SDP/UWG grouping currently holds the majority of seats. Mayor Uta Maron, herself an independent, became Brake's first woman mayor in May 2000.
Seat distribution
- SPD: 17 – Factional chairman Dieter Lohstroh
- CDU: 9 – Factional chairman Claus Plachetka
- FDP: 2 – Factional chairman Gustav Hellmers
- WGB: 3 – Factional chairman Walter Erfmann
- UWG: 1 – Tede Tedsen
- Mayor: 1
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