Sepp Daxenberger was a German

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

 Green Party

Alliance '90/The Greens

Alliance '90/The Greens is a green political party in Germany, formed from the merger of the German Green Party and Alliance 90 in 1993. Its leaders are Claudia Roth and Cem Özdemir...

 politician

Politician

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Biography

Sepp Daxenberger was born in Waging am See

Waging am See

Waging am See is a municipality in the district of Traunstein in Bavaria, Germany. The town, classified as a climatic spa, is located at the Waginger See, the warmest lake in Upper Bavaria, with temperatures up to 80 degrees Fahrenheit.-Geography:Waging is located west of the Waginger See...

 1962. He became a blacksmith and later he owned and worked at a farm close to Waging. From 1990 till 1996 he was elected member of the Landtag of Bavaria

Landtag of Bavaria

The Landtag of Bavaria is the unicameral legislature of the state of Bavaria in Germany. Between 1946 and 1999 there was an upper house, the Senate of Bavaria. The parliament meets in the Maximilianeum....

 and from 1998 till 2003 he was member of the regional parliament of Upper Bavaria

Upper Bavaria

Upper Bavaria is one of the seven administrative regions of Bavaria, Germany.- Geography :Upper Bavaria is located in the southern portion of Bavaria, and is centered around the city of Munich. It is subdivided into four regions : Ingolstadt, Munich, Bayerisches Oberland , and Südostoberbayern...

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In 1996 Daxenberger was elected as mayor of Waging am See. He was the first mayor

Mayor

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 in Bavaria from the Green Party

Alliance '90/The Greens

Alliance '90/The Greens is a green political party in Germany, formed from the merger of the German Green Party and Alliance 90 in 1993. Its leaders are Claudia Roth and Cem Özdemir...

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

Bavaria state election, 2008

The 2008 Bavarian state election was held on September 28, 2008. Voters of the German state of Bavaria elected members to the Bavarian Landtag .-Outcome:...

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

Parliamentary group leader

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 after the elections, in which the green party gained 7.7%. After being diagnosed with cancer in 2003, his condition worsened in 2009. Sepp Daxenberger died of cancer in Traunstein

Traunstein

Traunstein is a town in the south-eastern part of Bavaria, Germany, and is the administrative center of a district by the same name. It is situated at the heart of a region called Chiemgau, approximately 11 km east of Lake Chiemsee between Munich and Salzburg, 15 km north of the Alps, and...

on August 18, 2010. Three days prior to his own passing, he was predeceased by his wife who succumbed to cancer as well.

External links

• Homepage of Sepp Daxenberger