Henriette Reker

Henriette Reker has a courage I deeply admire. A Cologne-born lawyer who stepped into city government, she held firmly to a pro-immigration stance, and was stabbed during the campaign precisely because of that conviction. The day after the attack, voters chose her anyway, making her the first woman to lead Cologne, and she went on to win re-election and finish her term. Refusing to bend your beliefs after an attempt on your life is far harder than it sounds, and she proved her spine in the worst possible circumstances. I find myself genuinely rooting for politicians who stand on principle like this.

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Name (English)

Henriette Reker

Name (Japanese)

ヘンリエッテ・レーカー

Reading

へんりえって・れーかー

Born

December 9, 1956 (age 69)

Origin

Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Occupation

jurist / lawyer / local politician

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Sagittarius / Monkey

University

University of Cologne

• Official sitehttp://henriette-reker.koeln
• Xhttps://x.com/HenrietteReker
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henriette%20Reker
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%98%E3%83%B3%E3%83%AA%E3%82%A8%E3%83%83%E3%83%86%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AC%E3%83%BC%E3%82%AB%E3%83%BC
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19285371

Tags

• North Rhine-Westphalia
• jurist
• lawyer
• local politician

Last updated

September 18, 2026

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.