Education
Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich.
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Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich.
After his career as a journalist and lawyer, he was elected as deputy mayor of Munich on 2 May 1990. On 12 September 1993, Ude was elected as lord mayor and successor of Georg Kronawitter. He was re-elected three times, on 13 June 1999 with 61.2 per cent of all votes, on 3 March 2002 with 64.5 per cent and on 2 March 2008 with 66.8 per central
In August 2011 Christian Ude announced his intention to become the Social Democratic Party of Germany"s leading candidate for the upcoming Bavarian state election in 2013.
In 2005, Ude was elected to the post of President of the German cities association.
He is a member of the German Social Democratic Party. Additionally, Ude was a member of the board of directors of the Turn- und Sportverein 1860 München until 2009.