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Liesel Heise (Heise Lisel), the old Deputy city Kirchheimbolanden in Germany, he retired at the age of 101. It is reported by the Badischen Neuesten Nachrichten.

She decided to resign because of problems with vision and hearing, and not because of age. It health makes it difficult to participate in meetings.

Seeing the Deputy retirement took place at the first meeting in a long time: the country gradually soften measures against coronavirus. Speakers mayor mark Muchow (Marc Muchow) stressed that Heise is an example for all older people. He called the elderly Germans also take part in the political life of the city.

Former teacher liesel Heise decided to stand as a candidate in local elections in early 2019. 100-year-old decided to go into politics in order to achieve the opening of the city pool, which was closed for many years. For election Heise had to recruit about 900 votes. Later, she received the Deputy mandate and became the old town’s MP in Germany.

Badischen Neuesten Nachrichten notes that the pensioner has failed to achieve its main goal — the opening of the pool. Despite this, Heise called his activities as an MP a good experience.