Christean Wagner died: Former Minister for Culture and Justice in the state of Hesse, Christean Wagner died on 5 July 2025 at the age of 82. He was known as a German politician for the Christian Democratic Union of Germany (CDU).
From 1972 until 1975, he served as City Manager in Holzminden in Lower Saxony. He was also appointed as Erster Kreisbeigeordneter (1975–1981) and Landrat (highest official of the district, 1981–1985) in the district of Marburg-Biedenkopf.
He was chairman of the city council in Lahntal (1977–1981). On 15 November 2005, he was elected to be the next chairman of the CDU faction in the Hesse legislature. From 2007 to 2013, he was also chairman of the CDU/CSU-Fraktionsvorsitzendenkonferenz.
He was a member of the student association ATV Marburg and chairman of the Zentrum gegen Vertreibungen (Centre Against Expulsions) since 2018.
Christean Wagner’s wife
He married three times. His first wife was Roswitha Wagner. They married in 1970 and divorced in 1999. In 1991, he was awarded the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany.