Günter Helmut Baumann (born 1 August 1947 in

Annaberg-Buchholz Annaberg-Buchholz () is a town in Saxony, Germany. Lying in the Ore Mountains, it is the capital of the district of Erzgebirgskreis. Geography The town is located in the Ore Mountains, at the side of the ''Pöhlberg'' ( above sea level). Hi ...

Saxony Saxony (german: Sachsen ; Upper Saxon: ''Saggsn''; hsb, Sakska), officially the Free State of Saxony (german: Freistaat Sachsen, links=no ; Upper Saxon: ''Freischdaad Saggsn''; hsb, Swobodny stat Sakska, links=no), is a landlocked state of ...

) is a German

politician A politician is a person active in party politics, or a person holding or seeking an elected office in government. Politicians propose, support, reject and create laws that govern the land and by an extension of its people. Broadly speaking, a ...

and member of the CDU. An engineer by profession, Baumann has been a member of the

Christian Democratic Union (East Germany) The Christian Democratic Union of Germany (german: Christlich-Demokratische Union Deutschlands, CDU) was an East German political party founded in 1945. It was part of the National Front with the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED) and a bl ...

since 1972 until that party merged with its West German counterpart in 1990. From 1990 to 1998 he served as the

mayor In many countries, a mayor is the highest-ranking official in a municipal government such as that of a city or a town. Worldwide, there is a wide variance in local laws and customs regarding the powers and responsibilities of a mayor as well a ...

Jöhstadt Jöhstadt () is a town in the district of Erzgebirgskreis, in Saxony, Germany. It is situated in the Ore Mountains, on the border with the Czech Republic, 10 km southeast of Annaberg-Buchholz, and 35 km northeast of Karlovy Vary. His ...

. Since 1998, he has been a directly elected member of the

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, representing the constituencies of Annaberg – Stollberg – Zschopau (1998-2002), Annaberg – Aue-Schwarzenberg (2002 - 2009) and

Erzgebirgskreis I Erzgebirgskreis I is an electoral constituency ( German: ''Wahlkreis'') represented in the Bundestag. It elects one member via first-past-the-post voting. Under the current constituency numbering system, it is designated as constituency 164. It is ...

since 2009.

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1947 births Living people People from Annaberg-Buchholz German Lutherans Christian Democratic Union (East Germany) politicians TU Dresden alumni Mayors of places in Saxony Members of the Bundestag for Saxony Members of the Bundestag 2013–2017 Members of the Bundestag 2005–2009 Members of the Bundestag 2002–2005 Members of the Bundestag 1998–2002 Members of the Bundestag for the Christian Democratic Union of Germany {{Germany-mayor-stub