Boris Palmer
Boris Palmer | |
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Palmer in 2020 | |
| Lord Mayor of Tübingen | |
| Assumed office 10 January 2007 | |
| Deputy | Cord Soehlke |
| Preceded by | Brigitte Russ-Scherer |
| Member of the Landtag of Baden-Württemberg | |
| In office 12 June 2001 – 25 May 2007 | |
| Preceded by | multi-member district |
| Succeeded by | Ilka Neuenhaus |
| Constituency | Alliance '90/The Greens list |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Boris Erasmus Palmer 28 May 1972 Waiblingen, Baden-Württemberg, West Germany |
| Party | Alliance '90/The Greens (1996–2022; membership suspended since April 2022) |
| Spouse |
Magdalena Ruoffner (m. 2021) |
| Domestic partner | Franziska Brantner (2010–2013) |
| Children | 3 |
| Alma mater | University of Tübingen |
| Occupation |
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Boris Erasmus Palmer (born 28 May 1972) is a German independent politician and former member of the Green Party. He has been mayor of Tübingen since January 2007. From March 2001 to May 2007, he was a member of the Baden-Württemberg Landtag, the State parliament in Stuttgart.
Palmer's controversial and polarizing positions put forward with great self-conviction led to the withdrawal of support from his party in the 2020 municipal elections, and a process to oust him from party ranks was started the following year.