What is Henriette Reker?
[[File:Henriette Reker - 2019 (cropped).jpg|thumb|upright|Henriette Reker, 2019]] '''Henriette Reker''' (born 9 December 1956 in [[Cologne]]) is a [[Germans|German]] lawyer and [[independent politician]], elected mayor of [[Cologne]] in 2015. She served as deputy mayor of [[Gelsenkirchen]] since 2000. In 2010 she was appointed a mayoral deputy for social affairs, integration and the environment of the city of Cologne. Supported by [[Christian Democratic Union of Germany|CDU]], [[Free Democratic Party (Germany)|FDP]] and [[Alliance '90/The Greens|The Greens]] she is running for the office of the [[List of mayors of Cologne|Mayor of Cologne]]. At a public event on 17 October 2015, the day before the mayoral elections, she was seriously wounded when a 44-year old man stabbed her in the neck with a knife,<ref>{{cite web |title=Cologne mayoral candidate Henriette Reker seriously hurt in knife attack |publisher=[[Deutsche Welle]] |url=http://www.dw.com/en/cologne-mayoral-candidate-henriette-reker-seriously-hurt-in-knife-attack/a-18788390 |date=17 October 2015 |access-date=17 October 2015}}</ref> while shouting against refugees.<ref name=Independent>{{cite web |author=Lizzie Dearden |title=German mayoral candidate Henriette Reker stabbed in neck by man 'shouting about refugees' in Cologne |publisher=[[The Independent]] |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/german-mayoral-candidate-henriette-reker-stabbed-in-neck-by-man-shouting-about-refugees-in-cologne-a6698061.html |date=17 October 2015 |access-date=17 October 2015}}</ref> A day after the attack, Reker was elected [[List of mayors of Cologne|mayor of Cologne]] after gaining 52.66% of the votes.<ref>City of Cologne: [http://wahlen.stadt-koeln.de/prod/OB2015/05315000/html5/Oberbuergermeisterwahl_Gemeinde_Stadt_Koeln.html Oberbuergermeisterwahl] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151020160002/http://wahlen.stadt-koeln.de/prod/OB2015/05315000/html5/Oberbuergermeisterwahl_Gemeinde_Stadt_Koeln.html |date=2015-10-20 }}, retrieved 19 October 2015<