Fritz Schramma

{{Short description|German politician}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2024}} {{BLP sources|date=January 2010}} {{Infobox person | name = Fritz Schramma | image = Fritz Schramma - KölnEngagiert 2007 (1).jpg | alt = | caption = Fritz Schramma | birth_date = {{Birth date|1947|08|27}} | birth_place = [[Cologne]] | death_date =  | death_place = | nationality = | other_names = | known_for = | occupation = Politician, mayor of Cologne }}

'''Fritz Schramma''' is a [[Germans|German]] politician. He was mayor of [[Cologne]] from 2000 until 2009.

==Career== In 2000, Schramma ([[Christian Democratic Union (Germany)|CDU]]) assumed office as mayor-in-chief along with Bernhard Wimmer (CDU), because the incumbent Harry Blum (CDU) died unexpectedly. In a runoff vote, he won election on 17 September 2000 against [[Anke Brunn]] ([[Social Democratic Party of Germany|Social Democrats]]), who was nominated by her party only a short time ahead of the vote. The Social Democrats were heavily weakened by corruption scandals. Schramma's term in office was nine years instead of the usual five: he first completed the term of his predecessor Blum until 2004, and then he served his own term as a result of winning the runoff in 2000.

In 2025, after 50 years membership, Schramma left the Christian Democratic Union, stating the lack of profile within the party as reason.<ref>[https://www.cicero.de/innenpolitik/koeln-ex-burgermeister-fritz-schramma-cdu Stafan Laurin: "Warum ein CDU-Urgestein aus der Partei austritt"] cicero.de, 7 November 2025, retrieved 7 November 2025</ref>

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==External links== {{Commons|Fritz Schramma}} *[http://www.citymayors.com/interviews/cologne_mayor.html CityMayors.com article]

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