{{Short description|German teacher and politician}} right|thumb|220px|Jochen Ott (2013)
'''Jochen Ott''' (9 May 1974 in Porz) is a German teacher and politician of the Social Democrats (SPD) who has been serving as member of the Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia since 2010.
==Political career== From 2011 until 2019, Ott served as the leader of the party in Cologne. In 2015, he unsuccessfully ran to become Mayor of Cologne; he eventually suspended his mayoral election campaign in 2015 after the stabbing of his main rival Henriette Reker.<ref name="auto">{{cite web|url=http://news.sky.com/story/1571320/german-mayoral-candidate-stabbed-in-neck|title=German Mayoral Candidate Stabbed In Neck|work=Sky News|accessdate=17 October 2015|archive-date=18 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151018135651/https://news.sky.com/story/1571320/german-mayoral-candidate-stabbed-in-neck|url-status=live}}</ref>
In parliament, Ott serves on the Committee on Education.
==Other activities==
===Corporate boards=== *NRW.BANK, Member of the Advisory Board (since 2018) *Cologne Bonn Airport, Deputy Chairman of the Supervisory Board<ref>[https://www.cologne-bonn-airport.com/en/company/corporate-management.html Corporate management] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190923062145/https://www.cologne-bonn-airport.com/en/company/corporate-management.html |date=2019-09-23 }} Cologne Bonn Airport.</ref> *RheinCargo, Member of the Supervisory Board<ref>[https://www.rheincargo.com/unternehmen/aufsichtsrat/ Supervisory Board] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190923062140/https://www.rheincargo.com/unternehmen/aufsichtsrat/ |date=2019-09-23 }} RheinCargo.</ref>
===Non-profit organization=== *Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR), Alternate Member of the Broadcasting Council<ref>[https://www1.wdr.de/unternehmen/rundfunkrat/rundfunkrat-mitglieder-108.html Members of the Broadcasting Council] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190824032825/https://www1.wdr.de/unternehmen/rundfunkrat/rundfunkrat-mitglieder-108.html |date=2019-08-24 }} Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR).</ref> *Education and Science Workers' Union (GEW), Member
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== External links == {{Commons category-inline|Jochen Ott}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Ott, Jochen}} Category:Social Democratic Party of Germany politicians Category:Living people Category:1974 births
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