Edmund Stoiber

German politician (born 1941)

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Biography

Edmund Rüdiger Stoiber (born 28 September 1941) is a German politician who served as the 16th minister-president of the state of Bavaria between 1993 and 2007 and chairman of the Christian Social Union (CSU) between 1999 and 2007. In 2002, he ran for the office of Chancellor of Germany in the federal election, and in one of the narrowest elections in German history lost against Gerhard Schröder. On 18 January 2007, he announced that he would step down as minister-president and as party chairman by 30 September, after having been under fire in his own party for weeks.

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Career highlights

Career & roles

member of the German Bundestag
member of the Landtag of Bavaria
President of the Bundesrat of Germany
Bavaria's interior minister
Minister-President of Bavaria
interior minister

Employers / organisations

University of Regensburg

Family

Spouse(s): Karin Stoiber

Awards & honours (24+)

Commander of the Legion of Honour
Bavarian Order of Merit
Order of Merit of Baden-Württemberg
Orden wider den tierischen Ernst
Steiger Award
Officer of the National Order of Quebec
Order of the Star of Romania
Grand Order of King Dmitar Zvonimir
honorary presidency
Grand Cross 1st class of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic
Grand Cross of the Order of Prince Henry
Order of Karl Valentin
Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
Knight Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
Great Cross with Star and Sash of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
Prize for European Regional Integration
Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
Order of Merit of the Italian Republic
Decoration of Honour for Services to the Republic of Austria
National Order of Quebec
Order of Prince Henry
Hungarian Order of Merit
Badge of Honor "For Merit fo Moscow"