The city of Munich is soon to have a Green party mayor, after Domink Krause won the run-off election on Sunday. Krause, who had served as the city’s deputy mayor in the previous term, defeated the incumbent mayor Dieter Reiter (SPD), who had served as mayor for the past 12 years. Krause’s mayorship is marked by a few interesting firsts: He is Munich’s first Green party mayor, and the first to defeat the Social Democrats in the Bavarian capital in 42 years. He is also Munich’s first openly gay mayor, and is engaged to a man who is set to be the city’s first ‘first gentleman’. The CSU had backed Rieter’s campaign in the run-off election.

Source: The Local March 24, 2026 12:13 UTC