Jochen Ott


Jochen Ott is a German teacher and politician of the Social Democrats who has been serving as member of the Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia since 2010.

Political career

From 2011 until 2019, Ott served as the leader of the party in Cologne. In 2015, he unsuccessfully ran to become Mayor of Cologne; he eventually suspended his mayoral election campaign in 2015 after the stabbing of his main rival Henriette Reker.
In parliament, Ott serves on the Committee on Education.

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