Portrait of the Head of Finance, Security & Citizen Services

Benjamin Koppe

• Year of birth: 1982

Marital status

• married, 2 children

Studies

• 2003 - 2013: Studied Political Science, Applied Ethics and Economic and Social History at the Friedrich Schiller University Jena (Magister Artium)

Professional career

• 2007 - 2010: Employee in the Corporate Communications and Investor Relations departments of ersol Solar Energy AG and Bosch Solar Energy AG in Erfurt
• 2013 - 2018: Research assistant and head of the constituency offices of two members of the Bundestag
• 2013 - 2018: District manager of the CDU district association in Jena
• 2018 - 2024: Head of Department for Finance, Security and Citizen Services as second deputy to the Lord Mayor of the City of Jena
• since 2025: Mayor and Head of Department for Finance, Security and Citizen Services

Local political career

• 2009 - 2018: Member of the Jena City Council
• 2009 - 2018: Member of the advisory board of Jenaer Nahverkehr GmbH
• 2009 - 2018: Member of the student advisory board
• 2009 - 2018: Member of the Socio-Cultural Advisory Board
• 2010 - 2014: Deputy Chairman of the Jena City Council
• 2010 - 2018: Chairman of the CDU parliamentary group on Jena City Council
• 2010 - 2019: Member of the Jena-Zentrum district council
• 2014 - 2018: Chairman of the Committee for Finance and Investments

Memberships

• Committee for Finance and Investments: Member
• Municipal Real Estate Jena Works Committee: Member
• Supervisory Board of Jenaer Nahverkehr GmbH: Chairman
• Supervisory Board Stadtwerke Jena GmbH: Member
• Supervisory Board Energie Jena-Pößneck GmbH: Member
• Advisory Board jenawohnen GmbH: Member
• Finance Committee of the Association of German Cities: Member
• Committee for Disaster Control, Fire Protection and Rescue Services of the Association of German Cities: Member

Responsibilities

• Department 2: Finance, municipal order, citizen services, fire department and Smart City staff unit

Focus of work / special projects

• Preparation of resilient and sustainable budget planning
• Advancing smart city projects
• Digitalization of citizen services
• Ensuring municipal order and safety, as well as fire and disaster protection

Other aldermen