Alliance 90/The Greens met at their General Assembly on the evening of 26 June. Gesine Bonnet nominated as a candidate for the mayoral election 2025. She received 93.0% The voices. “We are delighted to have Gesine Bonnet, a candidate for the mayoral election, who embodies both experience and fresh air. It stands for energy and an innovative view of the challenges of our city. Like no other, Gesine Bonnet can bring people together and form a new alliance between the many committed people in Wiesbaden, its companies and city politics. We are sure: It will convince citizens with its winning nature", said Uta Brehm and Mathias Wagner, chairmen of the district association.

Gesine Bonnet: “There are many tasks ahead of us that need to be tackled: The energy transition, the structural change of the city center and digitization, to name just a few. I would like to seize the opportunities that lie in it and arouse even more the courage and desire in this city to try new things", explains Bonnet, her candidacy "I experience the willingness to think and participate almost every day in many places in this city. My claim as Lord Mayor would be to give this departure a strong voice, to stand up for it, to forge new alliances and to open doors to the people who want to participate in the change", Bonnet continued. "Together, we are shaping the future of our city!"

Bonnet was born in Kassel in 1970 and works as a freelance editor, author and moderator. She has been a member of the city council since 2021 and chair of the Greens political group since 2022. Previously, she was a member of the local council Mitte.