Education
University of Cologne.
University of Cologne.
On 1. October 1999 he became the first directly elected mayor of Cologne, but he only held that office for six months when he died suddenly in March 2000. Harry Blum was born Johannes Jacob Blum into an Old Colognian family, but the family was evacuated during the war. He received his Abitur at Dreikönigsgymnasium and studied law at the University of Cologne.
Shortly before his election as mayor he adopted his long-time nickname as official first name and was henceforth Harry Johannes Jacob Blum.
Harry-Blum-Platz in Cologne"s Rheinauhafen is named after him.
Blum joined the Christian Democratic Union in 1964 and was a member of the city council since 1984.