Lord Mayor
Dr. Ottilie Scholz
Head of Municipal Government Departments: - Office of Council Affairs
and the Lord Mayor - Press and Information Office /
Public Relations Office - Audit Office
- Office for Gender Equality
- Office of the Woman’s Advisory Council
Education
1955 to 1967
Attendance of junior and grammar school
1967 to 1972
Study of sociology (major) and psychology and the science of teaching (minors) at the Department of Economics and Social Sciences, University of Heidelberg, graduating with a master's degree (M.A.)
1972 to 1975
Doctorate (Dr. Phil) at the Department of Economics and Social Sciences, University of Heidelberg
1979 to 1980
Post-graduate studies of administration sciences at the University of Administrative Sciences, Speyer, graduating with a master‘s degree (Mag. Rerum publicarum)
Professional experience
1975 to 1978
Post-graduate assistant at the Department of German Language and Literature, University of Heidelberg
1980 to 1981
Research associate at the Research Institute for Public Administration, University of Administrative Sciences, Speyer
1981 to 1990
Head of the "General Organisation" section at the Local Government Management Board (Kommunale Gemeinschaftsstelle), Cologne
1990 to 1999
Member of and from 1995 Head of the Department of youth, social affairs, education, and sports in the town of Castrop-Rauxel
Also from 1997 to 1999
Acting town clerk of Castrop-Rauxel, responsible for finance, personnel, organisation, economic development, real estate, and financial holdings
1998
Unanimously re-elected Head of Department
August 1999 to October 2004
Head of Finance and an urban district in Bochum
Since October 2004
Lord Mayor of Bochum
