Markus Söder

Markus Söder (2012)

Markus Söder (born 5 January 1967 in Nuremberg) is a German politician and party member of the CSU party. He is Bavarian State Minister for Finance, Regional Development and Home Affairs (Staatsminister der Finanzen, für Landesentwicklung und Heimat) since 2011. From 2007 to 2008 he was State Minister for Federal and European Affairs in Bavaria and from 2008 to 2011 State Minister for Environment and Health. He has since been member of the Cabinets Beckstein, Seehofer I and II. From 2003 to 2007 he was Secretary General of the CSU party. Söder is a MP of the Landtag, the parliament of Bavaria, since 1994. Söder is referred to as the closest competitor and possible successor of CSU chairman Horst Seehofer, who in 2012 had announced his political retreat for 2017/18.^[1]

Söder is married and has four children.

External links

Markus Söder at the Landtag of Bavaria

References

↑ Kann Markus Söder das Erbe Seehofers antreten?, Badische Zeitung, in German

General Secretaries of the Christian Social Union of Bavaria

Franz Josef Strauss Josef Brunner Heinz Lechmann Friedrich Zimmermann Anton Jaumann Max Streibl Gerold Tandler Edmund Stoiber Otto Wiesheu Gerold Tandler Erwin Huber Bernd Protzner Thomas Goppel Markus Söder Christine Haderthauer Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg Alexander Dobrindt Andreas Scheuer

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