Christel Augenstein (born 15 July 1949 in

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, Germany) is a member of the Free Democratic Party. From 2001 until 23 July 2009 she was the

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, Germany, making her the city's first woman mayor. When the city of Pforzheim had already been in a bad financial position she took over the mayor's office from Joachim Becker ( SPD) and tried her best to maneuver out. Becker was the ruling mayor of Pforzheim from 1985 until 2000. The current major is Peter Boch of the

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