{{Short description|Munich politician (born 1990)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2026}}
{{Infobox officeholder | name = Dominik Krause | image = 2026-03-22-Dominik Krause 6956.jpg | image_size = | alt = | caption = Krause in 2026
| office = Mayor of Munich | term_start = 1 May 2026 | term_end = | predecessor = Dieter Reiter | successor =
| office1 = Second Mayor of Munich | 1blankname1 = Mayor | 1namedata1 = Dieter Reiter | term_start1 = 26 October 2023 | term_end1 = 30 April 2026 | predecessor1 = Katrin Habenschaden | successor1 = Mona Fuchs
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1990|08|03|df=y}} | birth_place = Munich, Bavaria, <br> West Germany | party = Alliance 90/The Greens }}
'''Dominik Krause''' (born 3 August 1990 in Munich<ref>{{cite web |publisher=Grüne Fraktion München |url=https://www.gruene-fraktion-muenchen.de/person/dominik-krause/ |title=Dominik Krause|language=de |access-date=2026-05-12}}</ref>) is a German politician of the Alliance 90/The Greens party. He has served as mayor of Munich since May 2026, having previously served as Second Mayor of Munich from October 2023 until April 2026.<ref name=":0">{{cite web |publisher=Climate Council of the State Capital Munich |url=https://stadt.muenchen.de/infos/2buergermeister.html |title=Dominik Krause |work=Second Mayor |language=de |access-date=2023-12-11}}</ref>
In the 2026 Munich mayoral election, Krause won the runoff election against the incumbent mayor Dieter Reiter. He took office on 1 May 2026.<ref name=":2">{{cite web |url=https://www.br.de/nachrichten/bayern/kommunalwahl-bayern-2026-krause-fuehrt-bei-stichwahl-in-muenchen-vor-reiter,VEc0boc |title=Sensation in Munich: Krause wins runoff against Reiter |date=2026-03-22 |language=de |access-date=2026-03-22}}</ref>
== Life == Krause grew up in the Munich district of Obermenzing.<ref>Felix Müller: [https://www.abendzeitung-muenchen.de/muenchen/... ''Once considered left-leaning, today seen as a bridge-builder: meet mayoral candidate Dominik Krause.''] In: ''Abendzeitung'', March 6, 2026, retrieved March 13, 2026.</ref> After graduating from the Städtisches Louise-Schroeder-Gymnasium in 2009, he did his Zivildienst at a Montessori school in Großhadern. He then studied applied and engineering physics at the Technical University of Munich, graduating with a Master of Science.<ref name=":0" />
In 2024 he became engaged to his long-time partner, physician Sebastian Müller.<ref>{{cite web |author=Felix Müller |url=https://www.abendzeitung-muenchen.de/muenchen/... |title=Wedding plans of Mayor Dominik Krause: In Andalusia he said yes |date=2024-06-20 |language=de |access-date=2025-05-08}}</ref> According to Krause, the couple met as teenagers at a dance class.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.queer.de/detail.php?article_id=49983 |title=Munich's gay mayor gets engaged |access-date=2025-05-18}}</ref> They live in the Munich neighborhood of Obergiesing-Fasangarten.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://dominik-krause.de/ueber/ |title=About |work=Dominik Krause |language=de |access-date=2025-05-18}}</ref>
== Political career == From 2012 to 2014, Krause served as spokesperson of Green Youth in Munich.<ref>{{cite web |author=Christina Hertel |url=https://www.abendzeitung-muenchen.de/muenchen/... |title=Dominik Krause: What makes Munich's new Green mayor tick |date=2023-10-12 |language=de |access-date=2023-12-11}}</ref> In 2014 he was elected to the City Council and served as parliamentary group leader from 2022 to 2023. In 2019 and 2020 he also chaired the Greens in Munich. Since October 2023 he has served as Second Mayor.<ref name=":1">{{cite web |author=Greens–pink list parliamentary group in Munich City Council |url=https://www.gruene-fraktion-muenchen.de/person/dominik-krause/ |title=Dominik Krause {{!}} Greens – pink list parliamentary group in Munich City Council |access-date=2023-12-11}}</ref>
Krause has been a member of München ist bunt! e.V. since 2012, where he advocates against racism.<ref name=":1" /> Since 2016 he has served on the organization's board.<ref>{{cite web |author=State Capital Munich City Administration |url=https://stadt.muenchen.de/infos/2buergermeister.html |title=Second Mayor |language=de |access-date=2025-05-18}}</ref>
<!-- This paragraph is likely subject to WP:CTOP/PIA restrictions, non EC editors should not edit this paragraph. -->Krause was a member of the advisory board of the Eine-Welt-Haus; he resigned at the end of 2017 in protest against the membership assembly's decision to make rooms available for an event connected to the anti-Israeli BDS campaign.<ref>{{cite web |author=Klaus Vick |url=https://www.merkur.de/lokales/muenchen/... |title=Antisemitism dispute at the Eine-Welt-Haus escalates |work=www.merkur.de |date=2017-07-28 |access-date=2024-05-19}}</ref> Krause is also a member of the German-Israeli Society and is known for his close ties to Israel.<ref>{{cite web |author=Bernd Kastner |url=https://www.sueddeutsche.de/muenchen/... |title=Bavaria and Israel: solidarity in turbulent times |work=www.sueddeutsche.de |date=2026-01-09 |language=de |access-date=2026-01-10}}</ref>
Shortly after taking office, he attracted national attention with his remark that the Oktoberfest was the "world's largest open drug scene".<ref>{{cite journal |title=Oktoberfest tent operators outraged: Munich's Second Mayor calls Oktoberfest 'world's largest open drug scene' |journal=Der Spiegel |date=2023-11-06 |issn=2195-1349 |url=https://www.spiegel.de/panorama/justiz/... |access-date=2025-05-18}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bild.de/regional/muenchen/... |title=Munich: Mayor calls Oktoberfest 'open drug scene' |date=2023-11-14 |language=de |access-date=2025-05-18}}</ref> In the Instagram interview where he made the remark, he was not advocating drug use at the Oktoberfest, but rather calling for a more relaxed approach to cannabis following its legalization. He clarified that in his view both alcohol and cannabis were perfectly fine, but that both should be consumed within an appropriate context.<ref>{{cite web |author=Heiner Effern |url=https://www.sueddeutsche.de/muenchen/... |title=Munich: Green mayor calls Oktoberfest 'open drug scene' – sharp criticism |date=2023-11-06 |access-date=2025-05-18}}</ref>
As Second Mayor, he chairs the supervisory boards of several city-owned companies, including Deutsche Theater Betriebs-GmbH, Gasteig München GmbH, Internationale Münchner Filmwochen GmbH, Münchner Volkstheater GmbH, and Pasinger Fabrik Kultur- und Bürgerzentrum GmbH. He also serves as a supervisory board member of SWM München GmbH, SWM Service GmbH, and Bayerngas GmbH.<ref>{{cite web |author=State Capital Munich City Administration |url=https://stadt.muenchen.de/infos/2buergermeister.html |title=Second Mayor |language=de |access-date=2025-05-18}}</ref>
In December 2024, Munich's Greens elected Krause as their mayoral candidate for the March 2026 election with 99.3% of the vote.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bayerische-staatszeitung.de/... |title=Bayerische Staatszeitung |language=de |access-date=2025-05-18}}</ref> He became the first Alliance 90/The Greens candidate to reach a mayoral runoff in Munich. He received 29.5% in the first round and faced incumbent Dieter Reiter of the SPD in the runoff on March 22, 2026, which he won with 56.4%.<ref name=":2" /><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.wahlen-muenchen.de/ergebnisse/20260308oberbuergermeisterwahl/index.html |title=Lord Mayor election Munich |access-date=2026-03-09}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |author=Maxim Nägele, dpa, AFP |title=Municipal elections in Bavaria: SPD loses Munich city hall to the Greens |journal=Die Zeit |location=Hamburg |date=2026-03-22 |issn=0044-2070 |url=https://www.zeit.de/politik/deutschland/2026-03/muenchen-ob-wahl-dieter-reiter-dominik-krause |access-date=2026-03-22}}</ref>
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