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Bärbel Dieckmann (néePritz, born 26 March 1949) is a German politician who was elected mayor of Bonn in 1994 and was in office until 2009. She is the first woman and Social Democrat to become mayor of Bonn.
The daughter of a diplomat, Dieckmann was born in Leverkusen in 1949.[1]
Dieckmann graduated from Erzbischöfliche Liebfrauenschule Bonn in 1967. From 1967 until 1972, she studied philosophy, history and social sciences at the University of Bonn for a teaching degree. She was a teacher for twenty years.[1]
In 1972 Dieckmann joined the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD).[2]
From 1994 until 2009, Dieckmann served as mayor of Bonn. During her time in office, United Nations Volunteers (UNV) moved its headquarters to Bonn in 1999. Internationally, Dieckmann served as executive president of the Council of European Municipalities and Regions (CEMR) between 1999 and 2003. From 2005 she chaired the World Mayors Council on Climate Change (WMCCC);[2] the office was established after the Kyoto Protocol came into force.
In 2005, Dieckmann became vice federal chairwoman of the SPD under chairman Matthias Platzeck, but left office two years later.
From 2008 until 2018, Dieckmann served as president of Welthungerhilfe.[3] In 2019, she was appointed by Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation and DevelopmentGerd Müller as co-chair (alongside Gerda Hasselfeldt) of a commission in charge of drafting recommendations on how to address the causes of displacement and migration.[4]
In 2005 and 2006 Dieckmann was a finalist for World Mayor.[1]
ディークマンは、元法務大臣、元財務大臣、ノルトライン＝ヴェストファーレン州社会民主党（SPD）党首のヨッヘン・ディークマンと結婚している。夫妻にはクリストフとマルクス・ディークマンを含む4人の子供がいる。
ディークマン、バーベル：「食と開発は密接に関係している」、デジタル開発討論、第16号「食と農業」、2015年。