Wolfgang Böhmer (born 27 January 1936) is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and was the 5th Minister-President of

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from May 2002 to April 2011. He served as

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of the Bundesrat in 2002/03. He formerly worked as a medical doctor.

Political career

Böhmer was born in

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, and joined the CDU of East Germany in 1990. Böhmer publicly spoke out against

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and instead endorsed

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as the party's candidate to challenge incumbent

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in the 2002 federal elections. During his own campaign to unseat incumbent Minister-President

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of Saxony-Anhalt in the state elections, he focused on economic recovery and received strong backing from Stoiber. Böhmer is an Honorary Member of The International Raoul Wallenberg Foundation.

Recognition

* 2007 –

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* 2015 – Order of Merit of Saxony-AnhaltWolfgang Böhmer bekommt Verdienstorden des Landes

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, 9 October 2015.

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* 1936 births Living people Presidents of the German Bundesrat People from Görlitz (district) Minister-presidents of Saxony-Anhalt Members of the Landtag of Saxony-Anhalt German Protestants Grand Crosses with Star and Sash of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany Leipzig University alumni {{Germany-CDU-politician-stub