The heads of the inner city districts work on a voluntary basis. They are the first point of contact for the citizens of the borough. They also maintain relations with local authorities and organizations, in particular churches and schools, as well as associations with economic, social, cultural and sporting activities. As chairpersons of the district advisory council, they represent its proposals and suggestions in municipal committees and vis-à-vis the city administration.
Veronika Kienzle (Bündnis 90/Die Grünen) was elected with 46 votes. She has been a district councillor in Stuttgart-Mitte since 2004. Kienzle works as a consultantto the State Councillor for Civil Society and Citizen Participation at the Baden-Württemberg State Ministry.
Sabine Mezger (CDU) was elected with 52 votes. She has been a district leader in Stuttgart North since 2014 and was a member of the North District Advisory Council from 1999 to 2012. She works as a parliamentary advisor in the Baden-Württemberg state parliament. Mezger was a city councillor for two years and a district councillor in Stuttgart-Nord for 13 years.
Charlotta Eskilsson (FDP) was elected with 42 votes. The banking economist is a project officer at Wüstenrot & Württembergische Service GmbH and succeeds Tatjana Strohmaier (CDU) in her office.
Raiko Grieb (SPD) received 52 votes. He has been head of the Stuttgart-Süd district since 2014. Grieb works as deputy head of the department for securing skilled workers at the Baden-Württemberg Ministry of Economic Affairs, Labor and Housing.
Bernhard Mellert (Bündnis 90/Die Grünen) was elected with 47 votes. The foundry technology engineer and vocational school teacher is head of department at Wilhelm-Maybach-Schule in Bad-Cannstatt.He has been a member of the Stuttgart-West district advisory council since 2016. He succeeds Reinhard Möhrle (BÜNDNIS 90/Die Grünen).
The term of office for district councillors begins in September 2019.
The representatives of the parties and electoral associations represented on the municipal council have the right to nominate candidates for the positions. The basis is the total number of votes in the inner city districts using the counting procedure applicable to municipal council elections. The municipal council groups can then nominate a certain number of people as candidates. Based on the result of the municipal council election, the Bündnis 90/Die Grünen parliamentary group can nominate two people, while the CDU, SPD and FDP parliamentary groups each have one nomination.