Berlin – November 07, 2026 -- Dr. Susanne Johna won a third term as 1st Chair of the Marburger Bund with 91 percent of delegate votes (202 of 222 valid ballots). Delegates voted at the association's 148th General Assembly in Berlin. No challenger ran for the post.
Johna extends a tenure that began in November 2019
Johna has led Germany's largest doctors' association since November 2019. Federal board members are elected for four years. Johna, 61, is an internist and hospital hygiene specialist. She works as a senior physician for hospital hygiene at St. Josefs-Hospital Rheingau in Rüdesheim. She also sits on the board of the German Medical Association (Bundesärztekammer) as vice president.
Botzlar secures 89 percent as 2nd Chair, a post he has held since 2007
Dr. Andreas Botzlar ran unopposed for 2nd Chair and received 89 percent of delegate votes (194 of 219 valid ballots). The 58-year-old surgeon has held the office since 2007. He is a senior physician at the Berufsgenossenschaftliche Unfallklinik Murnau and state chair of the Marburger Bund in Bavaria.
Association counts more than 150,000 members
The Marburger Bund represents all employed and civil-servant physicians in Germany. With more than 150,000 members, it is the country's largest doctors' association with voluntary membership. It describes itself as Germany's only doctors' trade union.