Alexander Paul Föhr (born 1 August 1980) is a German politician from the Christian Democratic Union. Since 2023, he has been a

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from the state of

Baden-Württemberg Baden-Württemberg ( ; ), commonly shortened to BW or BaWü, is a states of Germany, German state () in Southwest Germany, east of the Rhine, which forms the southern part of Germany's western border with France. With more than 11.07 million i ...

Biography

Föhr passed his

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at the in

Heidelberg Heidelberg (; ; ) is the List of cities in Baden-Württemberg by population, fifth-largest city in the States of Germany, German state of Baden-Württemberg, and with a population of about 163,000, of which roughly a quarter consists of studen ...

in 2000. He then completed

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with the Anti-Aircraft Gun Battalion 12 in . Between 2001 and 2008 he studied

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and

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at the

University of Mainz The Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz () is a public research university in Mainz, Rhineland Palatinate, Germany. It has been named after the printer Johannes Gutenberg since 1946. it had approximately 32,000 students enrolled in around 100 a ...

. He graduated with a

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. From 2008 to 2012 he worked in the department of Mayor at the

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. Until he entered the Bundestag in 2023, he was Head of Communications and Politics at the AOK Baden-Württemberg . Föhr is married, has three children and lives in Heidelberg.

Political career

Foehr is a member of the CDU. He has been a member of the

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of Heidelberg since 2014. He has been the district chairman of the CDU in Heidelberg since 2015. He is also a member of the district board of the CDU Nordbaden. Föhr ran as a candidate in the

2021 German federal election The 2021 German federal election was held in Germany on 26 September 2021 to elect the members of the 20th Bundestag. State elections in Berlin and Mecklenburg-Vorpommern were also held. Incumbent chancellor Angela Merkel, first elected in 2005, ...

in the federal constituency of

, but initially failed to get into the Bundestag. On 1 March 2023, he replaced Michael Hennrich in the Bundestag when he resigned.

External links

Website of Alexander Föhr

Biography of Alexander Föhr on the website of the German Bundestag

Alexander Föhr on abgeordnetenwatch.de

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Föhr, Alexander 1980 births Christian Democratic Union of Germany politicians Politicians from Heidelberg Members of the Bundestag for Baden-Württemberg Members of the Bundestag 2021–2025 Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz alumni Living people