Life
Ulrich Maly was born in Nuremberg, Bavaria, and educated at the elementary school in the Amberger Straße and the Johannes Scharrer Gymnasium. Since 1967 he has been involved honorarily in the Sozialistische Jugend Deutschlands – Die Falken (Socialist Youth of Germany – Falcons) and was delegated by them as the chairman of the Kreisjugendring (District Youth Association) Nuremberg-City. Since January 1984 Maly has been a member of the SPD. After the Zivildienst at the retirement home at Mimberg near Burgthann he studied economics at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, majoring in economic policy and public law.
In 1990 he received his Dr. rer. pol. with a dissertation on "Economy and environment in municipal development policy." In the same year he became whip of the SPD city council faction. From 1996 to 2002 Maly held the appointment of the city treasurer of Nuremberg. Since 1 May 2002 Ulrich Maly is the Lord Mayor of the city of Nuremberg. In November 2005 he was elected in the SPD federal executive council.
He was shortlisted for the 2008 World Mayor award.
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