Georg Günther
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|14 May 1988|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Greifswald, Germany (East Germany)
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Georg Günther (born 14 May 1988) is a German politician from the Christian Democratic Union of Germany (CDU) and has been a member of the German Bundestag since 2025.
Personal life
Günther grew up in Greifswald and Griebenow. He graduated from Grimmen High School in 2008 and then studied at the {{Ill|University of Applied Sciences for Public Administration, Police and Legal Services|de|Fachhochschule für öffentliche Verwaltung, Polizei und Rechtspflege}} in Güstrow ; he completed the dual course of study with a degree in tax management . Günther worked for the tax office in Stralsund from 2008. He is married and has one child.{{cite web|access-date=2025-02-26 |title=Leben |url=https://www.georgguenther.de/Leben_p_30.html |website=georgguenther.de}}
Political career
Günther joined the Junge Union in 2007 and has been district chairman since 2011 and state chairman of the Junge Union Mecklenburg-Vorpommern since 2018.{{cite web|access-date=2025-02-26 |author=Julia Boek |date=2021-07-08 |title=In Merkels Fußstapfen |url=https://taz.de/Wahlkreis-der-Kanzlerin/!5780705 |website=Tageszeitung}}
In the 2021 German federal election, he came second with 20.4% of the first votes in the Vorpommern-Rügen – Vorpommern-Greifswald I constituency, behind Anna Kassautzki of the SPD.
In September 2024, the CDU constituency members' assembly again elected him as a direct candidate for the 2025 German federal election.{{cite web|access-date=2025-02-26 |date=2024-09-14 |title=Georg Günther für die Bundestagswahl 2025 nominiert! |url=https://www.ju-vr.de/news/lokal/60/Georg-Guenther-fuer-die-Bundestagswahl-2025-nominiert.html |website=Junge Union Vorpommern-Rügen}} He received 21.2% of the first votes and came second behind Dario Seifert of the AfD; he entered the 21st German Bundestag via his party's state list.{{cite web|access-date=2025-02-26 |date=2025-02-24 |title=Bundestagswahl 2025: AfD in MV vor CDU und SPD |url=https://www.ndr.de/nachrichten/mecklenburg-vorpommern/Bundestagswahl-2025-AfD-in-MV-vor-CDU-und-SPD,bundestagswahlmv174.html |website=ndr.de}}
External links
- [https://www.georgguenther.de/ www.georgguenther.de], Website
- [https://www.bundestag.de/abgeordnete/biografien/G/guenther_georg-1044652 Georg Günther] auf bundestag.de
References
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Category:People from Greifswald
Category:21st-century German politicians
Category:Members of the Bundestag for Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
Category:Members of the Bundestag for the Christian Democratic Union of Germany