Horst Dutge 1975-1976: Paul Müller 1976-1985: Paul Sillus 1985-1986: Heinz Behrends 1986-1996: Siegfried Harms 1996-2001: Margot Lorentzen; first female mayor of Jever 2001-2005: Siegfried Harms; last mayor of the twin-track administrative system City directors after the introduction of the twin-track administrative system 1945-1950: Erich Kampf 1950-1957: Peter Oltmanns 1957-1963: Hans Neef 1963-1971: Fritz Hörnig 1971-1978: Wilhelm Hermann Greve 1978-1981: Christian Kuhle; interim city director 1981-2005: Ingo Hashagen; last city director of the twin-track administrative system Full-time mayors 2005-2013: Angela Dankwardt since 2013: Jan Edo Albers Representatives in Landtag and Bundestag In the elections to the Lower Saxony Landtag, Jever is part of the Landtag Electoral District of Friesland, which covers the entire district of Friesland. The direct management was won on 15 October 2017 by Olaf Lies from the SPD. On 22 November 2017, Lies was elected Lower Saxony's Minister for Environment, Energy, Building and Climate Protection. The legislative period ends in 2022. Jever belongs to the Bundestag constituency of Friesland – Wilhelmshaven – Wittmund. It includes the city of Wilhelmshaven and the districts of Friesland and Wittmund. Siemtje Möller (SPD) is the directly elected member of parliament. No party candidates from the constituency entered the Bundestag via party listings. Crest, flag, and banner The depictions of the town's coat of arms have changed several times over the centuries. The coats of arms have always been used in very different variations and colours. For this reason, at the end of the 1960s, the town commissioned the former head of the Oldenburg State Archives and recognised expert in heraldry, Hermann Lübbing, to design a contemporary representation of the coat of arms on the basis of historical traditions. The result was the present coat of arms of the town with the following blazoning: "In blue above a silver, a sloping rampart with an open stepped gabled gate, three silver red-roofed towers, the central one being higher and wider than the side towers. The golden letters DVMG are harmoniously distributed over the spires of the towers. A golden lion strides upright in the archway, its claws and tongue tinged in red. On both sides of the gate stands a red plank fence." The town gate with the three towers represents the original existing town fortifications of Jever. The lion is the symbol of the late medieval rule or the chieftains of Jever. The Latin letters DVMG recall the granting of the town charter