Wolfgang Böhmer
Wolfgang Böhmer | |
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| Minister President of Saxony-Anhalt | |
| In office 16 May 2002 – 19 April 2011 | |
| Preceded by | Reinhard Höppner |
| Succeeded by | Reiner Haseloff |
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| Born | Dürrhennersdorf, Saxony |
| Alma mater | Leipzig University |
Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Böhmer (born 27 January 1936 in Dürrhennersdorf, Saxony) is a German politician (CDU) and was the 5th Minister-President of Saxony-Anhalt from 16 May 2002 to 19 April 2011. He served as President of the Bundesrat in 2002/03.
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]
Wolfgang Böhmer is an Honorary Member of The International Raoul Wallenberg Foundation
He formerly worked as a medical doctor.
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References
- ^ Helmut Breuer and Ansgar Graw (January 10, 2002), Rüttgers: NRW-CDU für Kandidatur Merkels Die Welt.
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