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Born on 4 July 1949 in Ingolstadt, married, four children
Diploma in administrative studies, Administration and Business Academy (VWA Munich)
1980 - November 2008
Directly elected member of the German Bundestag (Federal Parliament) for the constituency of Ingolstadt
1983 - 1989
Social policy spokesman of the CSU in the German Bundestag
1989 - 1992
Parliamentary State Secretary at the German Federal Ministry for Labour and Social Affairs
May 1992 - October 1998
Federal Minister of Health
October 1998 - November 2004
Vice-Chairman of the CDU/CSU parliamentary group in the German Bundestag
1994 - 2008
Vice-Chairman of the CSU
April 2000 - November 2008
Chairman of the Christian-Social Employees' Association in Bavaria (CSA)
April 2005 - November 2005
Unanimously elected chairman of the VdK Social Federation of Bavaria; left office on joining the Cabinet of Chancellor Merkel in November 2005
November 2005 - October 2008
Federal Minister of Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection
since October 2008
Chairman of the CSU
since October 2008
Minister-President of Bavaria
since November 2011
President of the German Bundesrat
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