
Belit ONAY
Mayor of Hannover, Council of the State Capital Hannover
Before Belit has been elected Mayor of Hannover in 2019, he was member of the State Parliament of Lower Saxony (2013 to 2019), where he acted as spokesperson for local and domestic policy, migration, sport, network policy and data protection. From 2011-2014, Belit was a councillor in Hannover´s City Council and deputy group leader. He is committed to an open and participation-oriented society. A car-free city centre, a modern urban transport policy, fostering the cultural development and intercultural coexistence play a central role in in his current mandate.