Wolfgang Böhmer

Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Böhmer (born 27 January 1936 in Dürrhennersdorf, Upper Lusatia) 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.

He formerly worked as a medical doctor.