Matthias Berger (born 2 January 1968) is a German politician. As an independent politician, he became full-time mayor in 2001 and has been mayor of the city of Grimma in Saxony since 2008. On 1 December 2023 Berger was selected as the top candidate for the Free Voters Saxony for the 2024 Saxony state election.[1]
On 10 June 2001, Berger was elected mayor of Grimma: he received 57.6 percent of the vote as an independent candidate and as the CDU's nomination. A year later, Berger became known nationwide with his fight against the effects of the "flood of the century" on his city. On 8 June 2008, Berger received 98.2 percent of the vote in the mayoral election. On 7 June 2015, he was confirmed in office with almost 90 percent of the vote and on 12 June 2022 with 85.9 percent.[2]
Together with, Berger has been involved in the "Citizens' Movement for Saxony" since autumn 2018, a self-described political "collective movement of the centre". On 1 December 2023, Berger was nominated as the top candidate of the State Association of Free Voters Saxony for the 2024 Saxony state election on 1 September 2024.
Matthias Berger is a lawyer in a law firm in Grimma; due to his elected office as mayor, his legal practice is suspended.
Berger is married and has two children.