Wolfgang Böhmer (; 27 January 1936 – 29 June 2025) was 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 had formerly worked as a medical doctor.
Life and 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.Helmut Breuer and Ansgar Graw (10 January 2002), Rüttgers: NRW-CDU für Kandidatur Merkels Die Welt. 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.Desmond Butler (22 April 2002), Conservatives Surge in German State Elections The New York Times.
Böhmer was an Honorary Member of The International Raoul Wallenberg Foundation. He died on 29 June 2025, at the age of 89.
Recognition 2007 – Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany 2015 – Order of Merit of Saxony-AnhaltWolfgang Böhmer bekommt Verdienstorden des Landes Die Welt, 9 October 2015.
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