Wolfgang Böhmer

Wolfgang Böhmer (born 27 January 1936) is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and was the 5th Minister-President of Saxony-Anhalt from May 2002 to April 2011. He served as President of the Bundesrat in 2002/03. He formerly worked as a medical doctor.

Wolfgang Böhmer
Böhmer in 2006
Minister-President of Saxony-Anhalt
In office
16 May 2002 – 19 April 2011
DeputyHorst Rehberger
Jens Bullerjahn
Preceded byReinhard Höppner
Succeeded byReiner Haseloff
President of the Bundesrat
In office
1 November 2002 – 31 October 2003
First Vice PresidentKlaus Wowereit
Preceded byKlaus Wowereit
Succeeded byDieter Althaus
Leader of the
Christian Democratic Union
in the Landtag of Saxony-Anhalt
In office
July 2001 – 16 May 2002
Preceded byChristoph Bergner
Succeeded byJürgen Scharf
Saxony-Anhalt Cabinet
Minister of Labour and Social Affairs
In office
15 December 1993 – 21 July 1994
Minister-PresidentChristoph Bergner
Preceded byWerner Schreiber
Succeeded byGerlinde Kuppe (Work, Social Affairs and Health)
Minister of Finance
In office
11 July 1991 – 15 December 1993
Minister-PresidentWerner Münch
Preceded byWerner Münch
Succeeded byJoachim Kupfer
Parliamentary constituencies
Member of the
Landtag of Saxony-Anhalt
In office
27 July 2007 – 18 April 2011
Preceded byDirk Schatz
Succeeded bymulti-member district
ConstituencyChristian Democratic Union Party List
In office
1 July 2005 – 24 April 2006
Preceded byGerhard Ruden
Succeeded bymulti-member district
ConstituencyChristian Democratic Union Party List
In office
25 May 1998 – 16 May 2002
Preceded bymulti-member district
Succeeded bymulti-member district
ConstituencyChristian Democratic Union Party List
In office
28 October 1990 – 25 May 1998
Preceded byConstituency established
Succeeded byHelmut Rehhahn
ConstituencyWittenberg
Personal details
Born
Wolfgang Böhmer

(1936-01-27)27 January 1936
Dürrhennersdorf, Saxony, Nazi Germany (now Germany)
Political partyChristian Democratic Union (1990–)
Other political
affiliations		Christian Democratic Union (East Germany) (1990)
Spouse
Brigitte Klein
​
(m. 2004)​
Children1
ResidenceWittenberg
Alma materLeipzig University (Dr. med.)
Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg

Political career

Böhmer was born in Dürrhennersdorf, Saxony, and joined the CDU of East Germany in 1990.

Böhmer publicly spoke out against Angela Merkel and instead endorsed Edmund Stoiber as the party's candidate to challenge incumbent Chancellor Gerhard Schröder in the 2002 federal elections.[1] During his own campaign to unseat incumbent Minister-President Reinhard Höppner of Saxony-Anhalt in the state elections, he focused on economic recovery and received strong backing from Stoiber.[2]

Böhmer is an Honorary Member of The International Raoul Wallenberg Foundation.

Recognition

References
  1. Helmut Breuer and Ansgar Graw (10 January 2002), Rüttgers: NRW-CDU für Kandidatur Merkels Die Welt.
  2. Desmond Butler (22 April 2002), Conservatives Surge in German State Elections The New York Times.
  3. Wolfgang Böhmer bekommt Verdienstorden des Landes Die Welt, 9 October 2015.


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