Georg Günther (born 14 May 1988) is a German politician from the

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(CDU) and has been a

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since

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Personal life

Günther grew up in

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and Griebenow. He graduated from Grimmen High School in 2008 and then studied at the in Güstrow ; he completed the dual course of study with a degree in tax management . Günther worked for the tax office in

Stralsund Stralsund (; Swedish language, Swedish: ''Strålsund''), officially the Hanseatic League, Hanseatic City of Stralsund (German language, German: ''Hansestadt Stralsund''), is the fifth-largest city in the northeastern German federal state of Mecklen ...

from 2008. He is married and has one child.

Political career

Günther joined the

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in 2007 and has been district chairman since 2011 and state chairman of the Junge Union Mecklenburg-Vorpommern since 2018. In the

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, he came second with 20.4% of the first votes in the

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constituency, behind

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of the

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. In September 2024, the CDU constituency members' assembly again elected him as a

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for the

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. He received 21.2% of the first votes and came second behind

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of the

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; he entered the 21st German Bundestag via his party's

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External links

www.georgguenther.de
Website
''Georg Günther''
auf bundestag.de

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Günther, Georg Living people 1988 births People from Greifswald 21st-century German politicians Members of the Bundestag for Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania Members of the Bundestag for the Christian Democratic Union of Germany Christian Democratic Union of Germany politicians Members of the Bundestag 2025–2029