Manfred Ostermann
Manfred Ostermann is a German local politician and an independent. In 2007 he was elected as the chief executive of the district of Soltau-Fallingbostel for an initial term of 8 years.Life
Ostermann was born on 30 April 1958 in Detmold, North Rhine-Westphalia. After passing his A levels in the town of his birth and completing his basic conscription, Ostermann passed his studies in law in Passau and Göttingen.
Ostermann was employed from 1990 to 2001 as an administrative lawyer in the district of Güstrow in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and from 1994 also as deputy Landrat. In 2002 he became the First District Councillor and General Representative of the district council for Soltau-Fallingbostel district. After the death of the Landrat, Hermann Söder, in 2006, Ostermann took over the post, initially in an acting capacity, and subsequently ran for the office, supported by the newly formed alliance of Kompetenz für SFA, that was composed of representatives of the SPD, Alliance 90/The Greens, the Citizens' Union and the Walsrode Citizens List. In the elections on 14 January 2007 he won through with 52.8 % of the vote against his rivals, Karl-Ludwig von Danwitz and Knut Maass.Private life
Ostermann is married with four children.
