Salomon was married to Helen Hall-Salomon,and has one child from a previous marriage. Since 2011,he lived separated from his wife.[1][2] At the end of 2015,he married his new partner in Melbourne,Helga Mayer.[3]
Political career
From 1990 until 2000,Salomon was a member of Freiburg city council,and was a member of the Landtag of Baden-Württemberg from 1992. From April 2002,he was the head of the Baden-Württemberg Green Party fraction,and lead candidate for state elections.
Salomon became mayor of Freiburg on 1 July 2002,after receiving 64.4% of votes on the second ballot held on 5 May 2002,thereby becoming the first Green mayor of a large German city,and only the second or third in the whole of Germany.[citation needed] Once elected mayor of Freiburg,he resigned his position in the Landtag. Within the Green Party,he is considered a Realo.
Salomon was defeated in the mayoral election of 6 May 2018 by surprise winner Martin Horn. The second round voting result was Martin Horn 44.3% - Dieter Salomon 30.7%. Martin Horn won by the 2nd round simple majority rule.
In a post declaration interview with the media,Salomon announced his retirement from politics.
Salomon, Dieter (1992). Grüne Theorie und graue Wirklichkeit: die Grünen und die Basisdemokratie (in German). Freiburg: Arnold-Bergstraesser-Institut. ISBN978-3-928597-03-6. OCLC32350409.
Thaa, Winfried; Salomon, Dieter; Gräber, Gerhard (1994). Grüne an der Macht: Widerstände und Chancen grün-alternativer Regierungsbeteiligungen (in German). Cologne: Bund-Verlag. ISBN978-3-7663-2521-1. OCLC31605999.
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