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Barbara Otte-Kinast | |
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Minister of Food, Agriculture, Consumer Protection of Lower Saxony | |
In office 22 November 2017 –8 November 2022 | |
Preceded by | Christian Meyer |
Succeeded by | Miriam Staudte |
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Born | Ehmen,Germany | 18 September 1964
Political party | Christian Democratic Union |
Spouse | Jürgen Kinast |
Children | 3 |
Barbara Otte-Kinast (born 18 September 1964 in Ehmen) is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who has been serving as a member of the State Parliament of Lower Saxony since the 2022 elections.
From 2017 to 2022,Otte-Kinast served as State Minister of Food,Agriculture,Consumer Protection and State Development in the cabinet of Minister-President Stephan Weil. In this capacity,she was one of the state's representatives at the Bundesrat,where she served on the Committee on Agricultural Policy and Consumer Protection. [1]
During her time in office,Otte-Kinast oversaw the government’s response to a 2022 outbreak of the African swine fever virus in the state,which is Germany's most important pig rearing region. [2]
Otte-Kinast was nominated by her party as delegate to the Federal Convention for the purpose of electing the President of Germany in 2022. [3]