After 16 years: Pediatrician Detlef Wend resigns as a city council!

After 16 years, Detlef Wend resigns his city council mandate in Halle to make room for new ideas and personalities.

02. Juli 2025

NAG Redaktion

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Halle, Deutschland - A new section begins in Halle's local politics: Dr. Detlef Wend, the long -time doctor and city council, resigned after 16 years. The group leader of Volt / fellow citizen emphasized that this step offers him the opportunity to bring new perspectives to the political committees. The resignation, which was announced on July 2, 2025, comes after a decade, which Wend also worked for the SPD in the city council. In 2009 his political career began, in 2019 he joined the group for whom he moved into the city council again in 2024. dubisthalle.de reports that Wend always focused on a fair and social interaction and considered his work to be significant for the city.

The last years of his political work were characterized by the takeover of various committee supervisors, including in the youth welfare committee, where he held the chair from 2014 to 2024. During this time he had success in the field of youth welfare, such as the high number of school social workers and the introduction of daycare work. These are topics that also play a central role in the current discussion about more support for daycare centers in Halle-Neustadt. Here Wend sets a strong accent and continues to demand more resources to ensure sustainable development of early childhood care, including on the website of the fellow citizen faction Mitbuerger-gramt-halle.de .

the look into the future

When Wend reflected on his motives for the resignation, he made it clear that he was optimistic about the future. "We have young talents in the parliamentary group who have fresh ideas," he said confidently about the further development of fellow citizens. Ferdinand Raabe will take over the group chair after the summer break. Wend sees his retreat as weakening, but as an opportunity for new faces and perspectives in the city council, which can also address the current challenges of local politics, such as the economic and social structural change as well as the integration of refugees, which are currently a major challenge in many places, as well as the

But not everything was just while Wend’s term of office. The segregation in Halle and the need to keep this topic present in the city council was particularly important to Wend. The pressure on the cities is increasing to balance social inequalities. The financial framework is tense, which is clear from the current emergency households and the associated limited design scope. Wend has always tried to promote social justice in Halle and to give the citizens a voice.

At the end of his mandate period, Wend concludes a chapter that is characterized by commitment and a variety of initiatives. The population of Halle can be excited to see which new impulses Ferdinand Raabe and his team will set to master the challenges of the future and to promote the positive development of the city.