Honorary mayoral team
Honorary mayoral team
On representative occasions and when chairing council meetings, the full-time mayor is represented by the following mayors:
Andreas Kühnel
1st honorary deputy mayor (CDU)
The police officer was born in Beckum in 1966. He is married and has 2 children. Andreas Kühnel has been a councillor since 2009, where he was at times deputy leader of the parliamentary group and leader of the parliamentary group. The keen amateur sportsman and photographer currently works as a lecturer in police science at the North Rhine-Westphalia University of Applied Sciences for Police and Public Administration in Münster. Politically, Kühnel is primarily involved in transport, urban development, construction, housing, environmental protection and finance.
Dr Rudolf Grothues
2nd honorary deputy mayor (SPD)
The managing director of the Geographical Commission for Westphalia in the Landschaftsverband Westfalen-Lippe was born in Beckum in 1963. He also attended the Ketteler primary school here and graduated from the Albertus-Magnus-Gymnasium. He completed his civilian service at the St Klara children's and youth home in Beckum. He then studied geography and social sciences in Münster. This is also where he works today. His political focus is on urban development, transport and environmental planning as well as the preservation and creation of cultural and leisure facilities.
Karl-Heinz Przybylak
3rd honorary deputy mayor (FDP)
Karl-Heinz Przybylak was born in Herne in 1947. He is married, has a son and has lived with his family in Neubeckum since 1967. As a technician at Thyssen Krupp Polysius, he travelled to many countries and got to know and love different cultures. Karl-Heinz Przybylak has been active in local politics in Beckum since 1999. In addition to urban development, he is particularly interested in intergenerational justice and the modernisation of Beckum's sports facilities. In an honorary capacity, he was deputy chairman of the Undine swimming club for many years. He was carnival prince of KG Undine.