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10 Social Democratic Party of Germany7 Christian Democratic Union7 Unknown affiliation5 Civic Platform5 People's Party5 Socialist Party4 Democratic Party +39 more
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Thomas Kufen (Christian Democratic Union) has been Mayor of Essen since 1 Jan 2015. Since Thomas Kufen took office in January 2015, population has been flat at +0.0% a year. On GDP per person Essen is 16th of the 32 cities, on population growth 28th of 46. Under Reinhard Paß (2009 to 2015) the same series edged down 0.2% a year. Unemployment rate: 6.7% of the labour force in 2024, −1.4 percentage points since day zero.

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