Retreat of St. Pölten's Deputy Mayor Ludwig

"I have decided these days not to participate in the upcoming municipal council election," informed St. Pölten's Deputy Mayor Ludwig, who has been in office since 2020, via Facebook. "In the fall, I will no longer be present at the municipal council meeting," said the 48-year-old according to the "NÖN" report. Many changes in his private life have led him to this decision.

St. Pölten's Deputy Mayor Ludwig Before Departure from Politics

According to the report, Ludwig intends to submit his resignation request in the coming days. The 48-year-old joined the municipal council of the Lower Austrian state capital in 2001. In 2019, he became a city councilor, and since February 2020, he has served as Deputy Mayor. The municipal council election will take place at the latest by early 2026. The SPÖ, with Mayor Matthias Stadler, holds the absolute majority. St. Pölten's ÖVP Deputy Mayor Matthias Adl thanked Ludwig "for largely professional discussions and personal appreciation." Now the SPÖ needs "a new sweeper just before the municipal council election," he stated in a press release. FPÖ city councilor Klaus Otzelberger highlighted Ludwig's "reliability," saying that "despite differing political views," working with him was "always on equal footing." "It will be interesting to see who will now become the man for the rough work and cleaner for the self-proclaimed clean man Mayor Matthias Stadler," the Freedom Party member shared in a press release.

(APA/Red)

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