Andy Grote

Andy Grote (born 14.06.1968 in Erpen, Rural Lower Saxony) is a German politician (SPD). He is Senator for sport, and interrior of Freien und Hansestadt Hamburg. Grote is controversial; critics accused him of his rigide police policies[1] as well as his unprofessionalism.[2]

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Grote served German Navy from 1987 to 1989. He studied law at University Hamburg until 1997. Up from 2000 he worked for office of urban developement of Hamburg (Baubehörde Hamburg). From 2002 to 2012 he worked as lawer. From 2012 to he was 2016 head of Hamburg district office of Hamburg-central (Bezirksamtsleiter Hamburg-Mitte).

Politics
Grote (center) at Deutsches Derby, 2016

In 1996 he became member of SPD. From 2008 to 2012 he was elected to Hamburgische Bürgerschaft. Since 2016 he is Senator for sport, and interrior of Freien und Hansestadt Hamburg.[3]

COVID affair

Grote violated his own regulations during the peak phase of the Corona pandemic. On the occasion of his re-election as senator, he celebrated with 30 people in a bar in Hafencity in 2021.[4]

Although Grote denied having violated the requirements, he paid the €1,000 fine without hesitation.[5]

Pimmelgate
Slogan at wall of Rote Flora

On Twitter, Grote accused a crowd in the Schanzenviertel that had violated Corona rules of “ignorance” and a “stupid action.” Another user commented “Andi, you’re such a dick.” ("Andi, Du bist so 1 Pimmel") Grote reported the man, then triggered a raid and the man's apartment was searched.

A poster with the slogan appeared on the Rote Flora and other places in Hamburg. Police officers had to paint over it and skirmished with activists who wrote the slogan down again several times.[6] Because of this “Pimmelgate” affair, Grote was criticized for only attracting ridicule and ridiculing his own Hamburg police force.[7]

References
  1. "289_Mullis_Aufs". zeitschrift-suburban.de. Retrieved 2023-10-19.
  2. "#Pimmelgate um Andy Grote: Ermittlungen eingestellt – Erfolg für Twitter-Nutzer". www.fr.de (in German). 2022-07-30. Retrieved 2023-10-19.
  3. admin. "Bundesrat - Mitglieder - Andy Grote". Bundesrat (in German). Retrieved 2023-10-19.
  4. Knödler, Gernot (2020-06-30). ""Corona-Party" des Hamburger Innensenators: Neue Spielregel für Grote". Die Tageszeitung: taz (in German). ISSN 0931-9085. Retrieved 2023-10-19.
  5. Brinkmann, Tjade (2021-10-12). "Anzeige gegen Hamburgs Innensenator: Andy Grote hat es nicht leicht". Die Tageszeitung: taz (in German). ISSN 0931-9085. Retrieved 2023-10-19.
  6. "Hamburger »Pimmelgate«: Plakat an der Roten Flora – Polizei gibt das Übermalen auf". Der Spiegel (in German). 2021-10-26. ISSN 2195-1349. Retrieved 2023-10-19.
  7. NDR. ""Pimmelgate": Polizei will Plakat nicht mehr übermalen". www.ndr.de (in German). Retrieved 2023-10-19.
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