Governors perform an executive function, and it's odd to describe "politician role" rather than just naming the role itself; governor for California, Minister or Minister-President for Bavaria.
"Representing" to an American ear sounds more like a legislative role, and from what I can find of Bavaria, that is also wrong, with Minister-President being an executive and head of state figure.
FWIW I am an American but I didn’t assume it was a member of a legislative body. The guy is giving a quote so it seems clear that he’s “representing” the region just in some general sense as a public official.
> "Representing" to an American ear sounds more like a legislative role
That's weird though, executive charges are elected representatives as well for the whole jurisdiction.
Legislative charges are representatives of specific sub jurisdictions (counties at state level, states at the federal level)
"Representing" is right, as head of the Bavarian state (not just the executive) he also represents Bavaria in the Bundesrat, which is the second chamber of the German parliament, and to the federal government and the other states ("Länder").
"Representing" to an American ear sounds more like a legislative role, and from what I can find of Bavaria, that is also wrong, with Minister-President being an executive and head of state figure.