Burkhard Jung (born 7 March 1958 in Siegen) is a German politician[1] of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) who has been the 21st lord mayor (Oberbürgermeister) of Leipzig (Saxony) since March 29, 2006.

In addition, he has been president of the Association of German Cities since 2019; he is the first representative of an East German city in that office.

[2] From 1980 until their 2014 divorce, Jung was married to Juliane Kirchner.

They have four children, including actress Alissa Jung.

[16] He married Ayleena Wagner in 2016, and their daughter was born in 2018.