Wolfgang Böhmer

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Wolfgang Böhmer
Böhmer in 2006
Minister-President of Saxony-Anhalt
In office 16 May 2002 – 19 April 2011
Deputy	Horst Rehberger Jens Bullerjahn
Preceded by	Reinhard Höppner
Succeeded by	Reiner Haseloff
President of the Bundesrat
In office 1 November 2002 – 31 October 2003
First Vice President	Klaus Wowereit
Preceded by	Klaus Wowereit
Succeeded by	Dieter Althaus
Leader of the Christian Democratic Union in the Landtag of Saxony-Anhalt
In office July 2001 – 16 May 2002
Preceded by	Christoph Bergner
Succeeded by	Jürgen Scharf
Saxony-Anhalt Cabinet Minister of Labour and Social Affairs In office 15 December 1993 – 21 July 1994 Minister-President Christoph Bergner Preceded by Werner Schreiber Succeeded by Gerlinde Kuppe (Work, Social Affairs and Health) Minister of Finance In office 11 July 1991 – 15 December 1993 Minister-President Werner Münch Preceded by Werner Münch Succeeded by Joachim Kupfer
Parliamentary constituencies Member of the Landtag of Saxony-Anhalt In office 27 July 2007 – 18 April 2011 Preceded by Dirk Schatz Succeeded by multi-member district Constituency Christian Democratic Union Party List In office 1 July 2005 – 24 April 2006 Preceded by Gerhard Ruden Succeeded by multi-member district Constituency Christian Democratic Union Party List In office 25 May 1998 – 16 May 2002 Preceded by multi-member district Succeeded by multi-member district Constituency Christian Democratic Union Party List In office 28 October 1990 – 25 May 1998 Preceded by Constituency established Succeeded by Helmut Rehhahn Constituency Wittenberg
Personal details
Born	Wolfgang Böhmer (1936-01-27)27 January 1936 Dürrhennersdorf, Saxony, Nazi Germany (now Germany)
Political party	Christian Democratic Union (1990–)
Other political affiliations	Christian Democratic Union (East Germany) (1990)
Spouse	Brigitte Klein ​ (m. 2004)​
Children	1
Residence	Wittenberg
Alma mater	Leipzig University (Dr. med.) Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg

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.

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.^{[citation needed]}

• 2007 – Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
• 2015 – Order of Merit of Saxony-Anhalt^[3]

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