title: Jochen Ott
text: # Jochen Ott
  
  Jochen Ott (9 May 1974 in Porz) is a German teacher and politician of the Social Democrats (SPD) who has been serving as member of the Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia since 2010.
  
  ## Political career
  
  From 2011 until 2019, Ott served as the leader of the party in Cologne. In 2015, he unsuccessfully ran to become Mayor of Cologne; he eventually suspended his mayoral election campaign in 2015 after the stabbing of his main rival Henriette Reker.
  
  In parliament, Ott serves on the Committee on Education.
  
  ## Other activities
  
  ### Corporate boards
  
  * NRW.BANK, Member of the Advisory Board (since 2018)
  * Cologne Bonn Airport, Deputy Chairman of the Supervisory Board
  * RheinCargo, Member of the Supervisory Board
  
  ### Non-profit organization
  
  * Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR), Alternate Member of the Broadcasting Council
  * Education and Science Workers' Union (GEW), Member
  