Sepp Daxenberger (10 April 1962 – 18 August 2010) was a German

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Biography

Daxenberger was born in Waging am See in

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. He became a blacksmith and later he owned and worked at a farm close to Waging. In 1990 he was elected as a member of the

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, serving until 1996. From 1998 until 2003 he was member of the regional parliament of

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. In 1996, Daxenberger was elected as

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of Waging am See - he was the first mayor in Bavaria from the

. Daxenberger was the chairman of the Green Party in Bavaria between 2002 and 2008. For the

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he was nominated as the front runner of his party and became

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after the election, in which the Green Party received 7.7% of the vote. Daxenberger was diagnosed with cancer in 2003; his condition worsened in 2009. He died of cancer in

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on 18 August 2010. His wife, who was also ill with cancer, died of the disease three days before him.

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