Christel Augenstein

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Christel Augenstein
Mayor of Pforzheim
In office
2001–2009
Personal details
Born (1949-07-15) 15 July 1949 (age 74)
Erfurt, Germany
Political party Free Democratic Party

Christel Augenstein (born 15 July 1949 in Erfurt, Germany) is a member of the Free Democratic Party. From 2001 until 23 July 2009 she was the mayor of Pforzheim, Germany, making her the city's first woman mayor. [1] When the city of Pforzheim had already been in a bad financial position [2] 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 Christian Democratic Union of Germany. [3]

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References

  1. Koch-Widmann, Andrea (22 May 2001). "Christel Augenstein, neue Chefin im Pforzheimer Rathaus - Eine Frau, eine Liberale und dann noch 53 Prozent" (in German). Stuttgarter Zeitung.
  2. Klimanski, Marek (18 December 2018). "Federal Court rescinds judgment". (in German) PZ-news.de. Retrieved 3 May 2019.
  3. "Für Deutschlands Zukunft" [For Germany's future]. Für Deutschlands Zukunft. Unser Europa (in German). 2019.