Horst Seehofer
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Horst Seehofer
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| Assumed office October 27, 2008 |
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| Preceded by | Günther Beckstein |
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Chairman of the Christian Social Union
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| Assumed office October 25, 2008 |
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| Preceded by | Erwin Huber |
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| In office November 22, 2005 – October 27, 2008 |
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| Preceded by | Renate Künast |
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| In office May 6, 1992 – October 26, 1998 |
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| Preceded by | Gerda Hasselfeldt |
| Succeeded by | Andrea Fischer |
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| Born | July 4, 1949 Ingolstadt, Germany |
| Nationality | Germany |
| Political party | CSU |
| Alma mater | Bayerische Verwaltungsschule |
| Profession | Civil servant |
| Religion | Roman Catholic |
| Website | horst-seehofer.de |
Horst Lorenz Seehofer (born July 4, 1949 in Ingolstadt) is a German politician (CSU). He was Federal Minister for Health and Social Security from 1992 to 1998 and served as Federal Minister of Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection in the cabinet of Angela Merkel from 2005 to 2008. In October 2008 he became chairman of the CSU and Minister-President of Bavaria.
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[edit] Federal Minister and Member of the Bundestag
He has been a member of the Lower House of the German Parliament (Bundestag) in Germany since 1980. Horst Seehofer was Federal Minister for Health and Social Security from 1992 to 1998 in the cabinet of Helmut Kohl. He then became assistant chairman of the CDU/CSU faction of the Bundestag in October 1998. Because of his disagreement with flat-rate contributions (Gesundheitsprämie) to the federal health insurance he resigned from his post on November 22, 2004 but remained the assistant chairman of the CSU and kept his mandate. Since joining the Bundestag Horst Seehofer has kept his mandate as a directly elected delegate (Direktkandidat) from his Constituency Ingolstadt. At the 2005 federal election he received 65.9 percent of the votes in his district. Seehofer was appointed Federal Minister of Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection in the cabinet of Angela Merkel and stayed in office from 2005 to 2008.
[edit] Minister-President in Bavaria
After his party lost more than 17% of the popular vote in the Bavarian state elections of 2008, incumbent Minister-President Günther Beckstein and Chairman of the CSU, Erwin Huber, announced their resignations. Seehofer was quickly proposed as their successor. At a party convention on October 25 he was affirmed as the new Chairman of the CSU with 90% of the votes, and on October 27 he was elected Minister-President by the Landtag with votes from the Free Democratic Party, forming the first coailition government in Bavaria since 1962.
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- Official Site of Seehofer
- Official Bavarian government website Biography of Horst Seehofer (German)
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| Preceded by Günther Beckstein |
Minister president of Bavaria 2008– |
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