| Edmund Stoiber | |
 Edmund Stoiber in Würzburg |
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Chairman of the Christian Social Union
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| In office 1998 – 2007 |
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| Preceded by | Theo Waigel |
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| Succeeded by | Erwin Huber |
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| In office 1993 – 2007 |
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| Preceded by | Max Streibl |
| Succeeded by | Günther Beckstein |
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| Born | September 28, 1941 Oberaudorf, Germany |
| Nationality | German |
| Political party | CSU |
| Religion | Roman Catholic |
Edmund Rüdiger Stoiber [IPA: ˈɛtmʊnt ˈʃtɔʏbɐ] (born September 28, 1941) is a German politician, former minister-president of the state of Bavaria and chairman of the Christian Social Union (CSU). Würzburg (ˈvʏɐ̯ʦbʊɐ̯k is a city in the region of Franconia which lies in the northern tip of Bavaria, Germany Theodor Waigel (born April 22, 1939) is a German politician of the Christian Social Union in Bavaria party Erwin Huber (born 26 July 1946) is a German Politician who was elected leader of the Christian Social Union party on 29 September A minister-president (Ministerpräsident is the Head of government in a number of European countries or subnational governments who presides over the council of ministers Bavaria ( German:, with an area of 70553 Km² (27241 square miles and almost 12 Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Max Streibl ( January 6 1932 in Oberammergau - December 11 1998 in Munich) was a German politician of the Günther Beckstein ( (born November 23 1943 in Hersbruck, Germany) is a Bavarian CSU Politician and since October 9 2007 Events 48 BC - Pompey the Great is assassinated on orders of King Ptolemy of Egypt after landing in Egypt. Year 1941 ( MCMXLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (the link will display 1941 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Oberaudorf is a municipality in the district of Rosenheim in Bavaria in Germany. Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. Events 48 BC - Pompey the Great is assassinated on orders of King Ptolemy of Egypt after landing in Egypt. Year 1941 ( MCMXLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (the link will display 1941 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. Politics Politics is the process by which groups of people make decisions A minister-president (Ministerpräsident is the Head of government in a number of European countries or subnational governments who presides over the council of ministers Germany (Deutschland is a Federal Republic consisting of sixteen States, known in German as Länder (singular Bavaria ( German:, with an area of 70553 Km² (27241 square miles and almost 12 On January 18, 2007, he announced his decision to step down from the posts of minister-president and party chairman by September 30, after having been under fire in his own party for weeks. Events 350 - Generallus Magnentius deposes Roman Emperor Constans and proclaims himself Emperor Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. [1]
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Early life
Edmund Stoiber was born in Oberaudorf in the district of Rosenheim, Bavaria. Oberaudorf is a municipality in the district of Rosenheim in Bavaria in Germany. Rosenheim is a Kreis ( District) in the south of Bavaria, Germany. Bavaria ( German:, with an area of 70553 Km² (27241 square miles and almost 12 Prior to entering politics in 1974 and serving in the Bavarian parliament, he was a lawyer and worked at the University of Regensburg. A lawyer, according to Black's Law Dictionary, is "a person learned in the law as an attorney, Counsel or Solicitor; a person The University of Regensburg, situated in Regensburg, in Bavaria, Germany, was founded on July 18 1962 by the Bavarian parliament
Stoiber is Roman Catholic. He is married to Karin Stoiber. Karin Stoiber (born on July 6, 1943 in Karlsbad, Sudetenland (now Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic) was the First Lady of They have three children: Konstanze (1971), Veronika (1977), Dominik (1980) and three grandchildren: Johannes (1999), Benedikt (2001) and Theresa Marie (2005).
Education and profession
Stoiber attended the Ignaz-Günther-Gymnasium in Rosenheim, where he received his Abitur (high school diploma) in 1961, although he had to repeat one year for failing in Latin. Rosenheim is a town in Bavaria ( Germany) at the confluence of the rivers Inn and Mangfall Abitur (from Latin abire = go away go off is a designation used in Germany and Finland for final exams that young adults take at the end of His mandatory military service was with the Gebirgsdivision infantry division in Mittenwald and Bad Reichenhall and was cut-short due to a knee injury. Gebirgsjäger, in English Mountain Huntsmen, is the German designation for mountain infantry. Mittenwald is a German town in the district of Garmisch-Partenkirchen, in Bavaria. Bad Reichenhall is a Spa town, and administrative center of the Berchtesgadener Land district in Upper Bavaria, Germany. Following his military service, Stoiber studied political science and then, in the fall 1962 in Munich, law. Political science is a branch of Social sciences that deals with the theory and practice of Politics and the description and analysis of Political systems Munich (München; Minga is the capital city of Bavaria, Germany. Law is a system of rules enforced through a set of Institutions used as an instrument to underpin civil obedience politics economics and society In 1967 he passed the state law exam and then worked at the University of Regensburg in criminal law and Eastern European law. The University of Regensburg, situated in Regensburg, in Bavaria, Germany, was founded on July 18 1962 by the Bavarian parliament The term criminal law, sometimes called penal law, refers to any of various bodies of rules in different Jurisdictions whose common characteristic is the potential Eastern Europe is a general term that refers to the Geopolitical region encompassing the easternmost part of the European continent. He was awarded a doctorate of jurisprudence, and then in 1971 passed the second state examination with distinction. A doctorate is an Academic degree that indicates the highest level of academic achievement
Political career
In 1978 Stoiber was elected secretary general of the CSU, a post he held until 1982/83. From 1982 to 1986 he served as deputy to the Bavarian secretary of the state and then as minister of state from 1982 to 1988. From 1988 to 1993 he served as Minister of the Interior and in May 1993, the Bavarian Landtag (parliament) elected him as minister-president succeeding Max Streibl. Max Streibl ( January 6 1932 in Oberammergau - December 11 1998 in Munich) was a German politician of the As such he served as President of the Bundesrat in 1995/96. In Germany, the President of the Bundesrat (German Bundesratspräsident) is the body's chairperson or speaker The Bundesrat ("federal council" or "upper house of German parliament" is the representation of the 16 Federal States ( Bundesländer) of In 1998, he also succeeded Theo Waigel as chairman of the CSU. Theodor Waigel (born April 22, 1939) is a German politician of the Christian Social Union in Bavaria party
Chancellor candidacy
In 2002, Stoiber politically out-maneuvered the leader of the CDU, Angela Merkel and was elected the CDU/CSU's candidate for the office of chancellor, challenging Gerhard Schröder. The Christian Democratic Union of Germany (CDU Christlich Demokratische Union Deutschlands) is the largest Political party in Germany. (ˈaŋɡela doʁoˈteːa ˈmɛɐ̯kəl (born Angela Dorothea Kasner, 17 July 1954 in Hamburg, West Germany) is the Chancellor of Germany. ˌɡeɐ̯haɐ̯t fʁɪʦ kʊɐ̯t ˈʃʁøːdɐ (born 7 April 1944 German politician, was Chancellor of Germany from 1998 to 2005
In the run up to the 2002 election the CSU/CDU held a huge lead in the opinion polls and Stoiber famously remarked that ". The 15th German federal election 2002 was conducted on September 22, 2002, to elect members to the Bundestag (lower house of Germany. . . this election is like a football match where it's the second half and my team is ahead by 2-0. Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a Team sport played between two teams of eleven players and is widely considered " However, on election day things had changed. The SPD had mounted a huge comeback, the CDU/CSU was narrowly defeated (though both the SPD and CDU/CSU had 38. 5% of the vote, the SPD was ahead by a small 6,000 vote margin), and Gerhard Schröder was re-elected as chancellor by the parliament in a coalition with the Greens. ˌɡeɐ̯haɐ̯t fʁɪʦ kʊɐ̯t ˈʃʁøːdɐ (born 7 April 1944 German politician, was Chancellor of Germany from 1998 to 2005 The Alliance '90/The Greens ( Bündnis 90/Die Grünen) the German Green party, is a Political party in Germany whose regional Many commentators fault Stoiber's reaction to the floods in eastern Germany, in the run-up to the election, as a contributory factor in his party's poor electoral result and defeat. In addition, Schroeder distinguished himself from his opponent by taking an active stance against the upcoming United States-led Iraq War. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the His extensive campaigning on this stance was widely seen as swinging the election to the SPD in the weeks running up to the election.
Criticism of Stoiber
While the conservative wing of the German political spectrum, primarily formed of the CDU and CSU, enjoys considerable support, this support tends to be less extended to Stoiber. The Christian Democratic Union of Germany (CDU Christlich Demokratische Union Deutschlands) is the largest Political party in Germany. He enjoys considerably more support in his home state of Bavaria than in the rest of Germany, where CDU leader Angela Merkel is more popular. (ˈaŋɡela doʁoˈteːa ˈmɛɐ̯kəl (born Angela Dorothea Kasner, 17 July 1954 in Hamburg, West Germany) is the Chancellor of Germany. This has its reasons: Merkel supports a kind of fiscal conservatism, but a more liberal social policy. Stoiber, on the other hand favors a more conservative approach to both fiscal and social matters, and while this ensures him the religious vote, strongest in Bavaria, it has weakened his support at the national level.
Stoiber, as a minister in the state of Bavaria, is widely known for advocating a reduction in the number of asylum seekers Germany accepts, something that prompted critics to label him xenophobic, anti-Turkish and anti-Islam. According to the 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees, a refugee is a person who owing to a well-founded fear of being persecuted for reasons of race Xenophobia is an intense and/or irrational dislike and sometimes fear of people from other countries In the late 1990s he criticized the incoming Federal Chancellor Schröder for saying that he would work hard in the interest of Germans and people living in Germany. Stoiber's remarks drew heavy criticism in the press. He is a staunch opponent of Turkey's integration into the European Union, claiming that its non-Christian culture would dilute the Union. Turkey (Türkiye known officially as the Republic of Turkey ( is a Eurasian Country that stretches The European Union ( EU) is a political and economic union of twenty-seven member states, located primarily in
During the run-up to the German general election in 2005, which was held ahead of schedule, Stoiber created controversy through a campaign speech held in the beginning of August 2005 in the federal state of Baden-Württemberg. German federal elections took place on September 18, 2005 to elect the members of the 16th German Bundestag, the federal parliament of Germany Baden-Württemberg is one of the 16 states ( Bundesländer) of the Federal Republic of Germany. He said, "I do not accept that the East [of Germany] will again decide who will be Germany's chancellor. It cannot be allowed that the frustrated determine Germany's fate. " People in the new federal states of Germany (the former German Democratic Republic) were offended by Stoiber's remarks. The German Democratic Republic ( GDR; Deutsche Demokratische Republik DDR; commonly known in English as East Germany) was a Socialist state While the CSU attempted to portray them as "misinterpreted", Stoiber created further controversy when he claimed that "if it was like Bavaria everywhere, there wouldn't be any problems. Unfortunately, not everyone in Germany is as intelligent as in Bavaria. " The tone of the comments was exacerbated by a perception by some within Germany of the state of Bavaria as "arrogant".
Many, including members of the CDU, attribute Stoiber's comments and behavior as a contributing factor to the CDU's losses in the 2005 general election. He was accused by many in the CDU/CSU of offering "half-hearted" support to Angela Merkel, with some even accusing him of being reluctant to support a female candidate from the East. (This also contrasted unfavorably with Merkel's robust support for his candidacy in the 2002 election. The 15th German federal election 2002 was conducted on September 22, 2002, to elect members to the Bundestag (lower house of Germany. ) He has insinuated that votes were lost because of the choice of a female candidate. He came under heavy fire for these comments from press and politicians alike, especially since he himself lost almost 10% of the Bavarian vote - a dubious feat in itself as Bavarians tend to consistently vote conservatively. Nonetheless, a poll has suggested over 9% may have voted differently if the conservative candidate was a man from the West, although this does not clearly show if such a candidate would have gained or lost votes for the conservatives.
He was slated to join Angela Merkel's cabinet as Economics minister. (ˈaŋɡela doʁoˈteːa ˈmɛɐ̯kəl (born Angela Dorothea Kasner, 17 July 1954 in Hamburg, West Germany) is the Chancellor of Germany. The Federal Minister for Economics and Labour is the member of the German cabinet in charge of the Federal Ministry for Economics and Labour. However, on November 1, 2005, he announced his decision to stay in Bavaria. Events 996 - Emperor Otto III issues a deed to Gottschalk Bishop of Freising which is the oldest known document using the name Ostarrîchi Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.
On January 18, 2007, he announced his decision to stand down from the posts of minister-president and party chairman by September 30, after having been under fire in his own party for weeks. Events 350 - Generallus Magnentius deposes Roman Emperor Constans and proclaims himself Emperor Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century.
Outside politics
Stoiber is a keen football fan and he serves as Co-Chairman on the Advisory Board of FC Bayern Munich. Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a Team sport played between two teams of eleven players and is widely considered FC Bayern München is a German Sports club based in Munich, Bavaria (München Bayern Before the 2002 election FC Bayern General Manager Uli Hoeneß expressed his support for Stoiber and the CSU. Ulrich “Uli” Hoeneß, (born 5 January 1952) is a former German Football (soccer player and is now general manager of the football club Bayern Football legend, FC Bayern President and DFB Vice-President, Franz Beckenbauer, on the other hand, showed his support for Stoiber by letting him join the German national football team on their flight home from Japan after the 2002 FIFA World Cup. Franz Anton Beckenbauer (born September 11, 1945) is a German football coach manager and former player nicknamed der Kaiser The German national football team (Die deutsche Fußballnationalmannschaft From 1950 to 1990 the team was also informally called West Germany in English as since For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. The 2002 FIFA World Cup, the 17th staging of the World Cup, was held in South Korea and Japan from May 31 to June 30.
See also
References
- ^ Jens Hack. This is a list of the men who have served in the capacity of Minister President or equivalent office in Bavaria from the mid-18th century to the present Bavaria under "Bavarian premier Stoiber says to step down early", Reuters, January 18, 2007. Events 350 - Generallus Magnentius deposes Roman Emperor Constans and proclaims himself Emperor Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Retrieved on 2007-09-21. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1217 - The Estonian tribal leader Lembitu of Lehola was killed in a battle against Teutonic Knights.
External links
- Official website (German)
- Stoiber quotes (in German) (critic)
- Stoiber and the East - Deutsche Welle
- Parlazzo Media Awards - Nomination 2007 - 10 Minutes - 10 Minuten (in German)
| Preceded by Max Streibl |
Minister president of Bavaria 1993 – 2007 |
Succeeded by Günther Beckstein |
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| NAME | Stoiber, Dr. Max Streibl ( January 6 1932 in Oberammergau - December 11 1998 in Munich) was a German politician of the This is a list of the men who have served in the capacity of Minister President or equivalent office in Bavaria from the mid-18th century to the present Bavaria under Bavaria ( German:, with an area of 70553 Km² (27241 square miles and almost 12 Günther Beckstein ( (born November 23 1943 in Hersbruck, Germany) is a Bavarian CSU Politician and since October 9 2007 Edmund |
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| SHORT DESCRIPTION | German politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 28, 1941 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Oberaudorf in the district of Rosenheim, Bavaria |
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