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Volker Bajus

Volker Bajus

Volker Wendelin Helge Bajus, born 5 January 1964, is a German politician of Alliance 90/The Greens and a former development worker.

Born
1964 (62 years), Bremerhaven
Party
Alliance 90/The Greens
Office
Member of the Landtag of Lower Saxony 2022–
Political position

Centre-left · Where sources place the party (Alliance 90/The Greens)
Wikipedia: centre-left (Alliance 90/The Greens)
Ideology: green politics, social liberalism

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He has sat on the Osnabrück city council since 1996 and in the Lower Saxony state parliament in 2013–2017 and again since 2020. He was the Greens' candidate in the 2026 Osnabrück mayoral election and lost the runoff to Katharina Pötter (CDU).

Career

Bajus has been a member of the Osnabrück city council since 1996 and chaired the Green group there from 2018 to October 2024. He sat in the Lower Saxony state parliament from 2013 to 2017 and again from 2020, where he is parliamentary manager and deputy chair of his group. In the 2026 Osnabrück mayoral election he took 22% in the first round and lost the runoff to the incumbent Katharina Pötter (CDU), 43% to 57%.

Summarised automatically from the linked sources. Wikipedia (German) · kommunal.de · Wikipedia

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Osnabrück Mayoral Election Winner 2026

OutcomeProbability
Katharina Pötter Resolved100%
Thomas Groß Resolved0%
Robert Alferink Resolved0%
Thorsten Wassermann Resolved0%
Oliver Hasskamp Resolved0%
Volker Bajus Resolved0%

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