| Karin Seehofer | |
|---|---|
Seehofer in 2014 | |
| Born | Karin Starck April 1958 (age 60) |
| Spouse(s) | Horst Seehofer |
| Relatives | Konrad Dryden (cousin) |
Karin Seehofer (born April 1958) is the second wife of the Bavarian Minister-President Horst Seehofer. [1] [2] [3] After Christian Wulff's resignation on 17 February 2012, her husband became acting head of state of Germany in his capacity as President of the German Bundesrat, until the election of Joachim Gauck on 18 March 2012. She is also a cousin of American author Konrad Dryden.
Horst Lorenz Seehofer is a German politician serving as Leader of the Christian Social Union (CSU) from 2008 to 2019 and Minister of the Interior, Building and Community since 2018 under Chancellor Angela Merkel. From 2008 to 2018, he was Minister President of Bavaria; he also served as President of the Bundesrat between 2011 and 2012.
Christian Wilhelm Walter Wulff is a German politician and lawyer. He served as President of Germany from 2010 to 2012. A member of the Christian Democratic Union, he served as Prime Minister of the state of Lower Saxony from 2003 to 2010. He was elected President in the 30 June 2010 presidential election, defeating opposition candidate Joachim Gauck and taking office immediately, although he was not sworn in until 2 July.
A head of state is the public persona who officially represents the national unity and legitimacy of a sovereign state. Depending on the country's form of government and separation of powers, the head of state may be a ceremonial figurehead or concurrently the head of government. In a parliamentary system the head of state is the de jure leader of the nation, and there is a separate de facto leader, often with the title of prime minister. In contrast, a semi-presidential system has both heads of state and government as the leaders de facto of the nation.
Her parents owned a small brewery, Brauerei Stark, in Schamhaupten. She worked in the civil service, where she met Horst Seehofer. They married on Christmas Eve in 1985, and have two daughters and a son.
A brewery or brewing company is a business that makes and sells beer. The place at which beer is commercially made is either called a brewery or a beerhouse, where distinct sets of brewing equipment are called plant. The commercial brewing of beer has taken place since at least 2500 BC; in ancient Mesopotamia, brewers derived social sanction and divine protection from the goddess Ninkasi. Brewing was initially a cottage industry, with production taking place at home; by the ninth century monasteries and farms would produce beer on a larger scale, selling the excess; and by the eleventh and twelfth centuries larger, dedicated breweries with eight to ten workers were being built.
Altmannstein is a municipality in the district of Eichstätt in Bavaria in Germany.
After her husband's election as Minister-president of Bavaria in 2008, she has undertaken a great number of representative duties, and is the protector of many charitable organisations.
