Günter Marten | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Bundestag | |
| In office November 4, 1990 – October 26, 1998 | |
| Constituency | Güstrow – Sternberg – Lübz – Parchim – Ludwigslust |
| Honorary Consul of Hungary in Schwerin | |
| In office 1994–2013 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1939-03-10)10 March 1939 |
| Died | 12 January 2013(2013-01-12) (aged 73) |
| Party | Christian Democratic Union (CDU) |
| Children | 2 |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Profession | Technical draftsman, Metalworker, Economic development consultant |
Günter Marten (March 10, 1939 – January 12, 2013)[1] was a Germanpolitician of theChristian Democratic Union (CDU). He was a member of theGerman Bundestag from 1990 to 1998.[2]
After obtaining hisMittlere Reife (secondary school certificate), Günter Marten trained as a technical draftsman andmetalworker. In 1960, he joined theGerman Navy as anofficer cadet, eventually rising to the rank offrigate captain.
Günter Marten was Protestant, married, and had two children.[3] Since 1994, he served as the honorary consul of Hungary inSchwerin. He worked as an independenteconomic development consultant.[3]
Günter Marten joined the CDU and theChristian Democratic Employees' Association (CDA) in 1974. After German reunification, he became involved in the CDU Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, serving as its treasurer from 1991 to 1992.[3]
In the1990 and1994 elections, Günter Marten ran as the CDU direct candidate in the Güstrow – Sternberg – Lübz – Parchim – Ludwigslust constituency. He was a member of theParliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe and the Assembly of theWestern European Union. In the nomination process for the1998 German federal election, he defeated former Minister Georg Diederich, but lost in the election to SPD candidate Christel Deichmann and subsequently left the Bundestag.[4][3]