Angelika Niebler is a German lawyer and politician who has been serving as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) since 1999. She is a member of the Christian Social Union in Bavaria,part of the European People's Party. Since 2015,she has been serving as her party's deputy chairwoman,under the leadership of successive chairmen Horst Seehofer and Markus Söder.
Horst Lorenz Seehofer is a German politician who served as Minister of the Interior,Building and Community under Chancellor Angela Merkel from 2018 to 2021. A member of the Christian Social Union (CSU),he served as the 18th Minister President of Bavaria from 2008 to 2018 and Leader of the Christian Social Union in Bavaria from 2008 to 2019.
Ilse Aigner is a German politician and member of the Christian Social Union of Bavaria (CSU).
Dorothee Gisela Renate Maria Bär is a German politician of the Christian Social Union of Bavaria (CSU) who has been serving as a member of the German Bundestag since 2002. From 2014 to 2021,she served in various capacities in the government of Chancellor Angela Merkel.
Markus Blume is a German politician of the Christian Social Union of Bavaria (CSU) who has been serving as State Minister for Science and Art in the cabinet of Minister President Markus Söder since 2022. From 2018 to 2022 he served as Secretary General of the CSU.
Alexander Dobrindt is a German politician of the Christian Social Union of Bavaria (CSU). Between 2013 and 2017,he served as Federal Minister of Transport and Digital Infrastructure in the government of Chancellor Angela Merkel. Previously,he was the Secretary General of the Christian Social Union of Bavaria under the leadership of party chairman Horst Seehofer from 2009.
Gerhard Eck is a German politician,representative of the Christian Social Union of Bavaria.
Georg Fahrenschon is a German politician,representative of the Christian Social Union of Bavaria. From 2008 to 2011 he served as finance minister in the Bavarian State Ministry of Finance. He was a member of the Bundestag of Germany until 2007.
Norbert Barthle is a German politician of the Christian Democratic (CDU) who served as a member of the Bundestag from 1998 until 2021,representing Backnang –Schwäbisch Gmünd.
Volker Bouffier is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU). Since 31 August 2010 he has been Minister President of the German state of Hessen. From 1 November 2014 until 31 October 2015 he was President of the Bundesrat and ex officio deputy to the President of Germany. He has been chairman of CDU in Hesse since July 2010. From 1999 to 2010,he was minister of interior and sports in the state of Hessen. Bouffier is a lawyer by profession. Because of his participation in state government,he is the longest serving Member of the Bundesrat,representing Hessen since 1999.
Dieter Reiter is a German politician and the mayor of Munich,the capital of the state of Bavaria. He is a member of the Social Democratic Party.
Marco Wanderwitz,is a German lawyer and politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU). From 2018 until 2021,he served as Parliamentary State Secretary in the government of Chancellor Angela Merkel.
Bartholomäus Kalb is a German politician of the Christian Social Union in Bavaria (CSU).
Markus Thomas Theodor Söder is a German politician serving as Minister-President of Bavaria since 2018 and Leader of the Christian Social Union in Bavaria (CSU) since 2019.
Joachim Herrmann is a German politician. He is a member of the CSU party. Herrmann is an MP in the Landtag,the parliament of Bavaria since 1994. Since 16 October 2007 he has been Minister of the Interior of the state of Bavaria.
Andreas Franz "Andi" Scheuer is a German politician of the Christian Social Union (CSU) party. From 15 December 2013 to 13 March 2018,he was Secretary General of the CSU. From 2009 to 2013,he was Parliamentary Secretary of State in the former Federal Ministry for Transport,Building and Urban Development in the Cabinet Merkel II. He has been a member of the German Bundestag since 2002. In 2016,he was also elected district chairman of CSU Lower Bavaria.
Bernd Althusmann is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU). Since November 2017,he has been serving as Deputy Minister-President and State Minister for Economic Affairs in the government of Minister-President Stephan Weil.
Melanie Huml is a German physician and politician of the Christian Social Union of Bavaria (CSU) who has been serving as State Minister for European and International Affairs in the cabinet of Minister-President Markus Söder since 2021. She has been a member of the Landtag of Bavaria since October 2003.
The 2018 Bavarian state election took place on 14 October 2018 to elect the 180 members of the 18th Landtag of Bavaria. The outgoing government was a majority of the Christian Social Union in Bavaria (CSU),led by Minister President Markus Söder.
The First Söder cabinet was the state government of Bavaria from March to November 2018,sworn in on 21 March 2018 after Markus Söder was elected as Minister-President of Bavaria by the members of the Landtag of Bavaria. It was the 26th Cabinet of Bavaria.
