Ilse Aigner

Ilse Aigner
President of the Landtag of Bavaria
Assumed office
5 November 2018
Preceded byBarbara Stamm
Deputy Minister President of Bavaria
In office
10 October 2013 – 5 November 2018
Minister PresidentHorst Seehofer
Herself (Acting)
Markus Söder
Preceded byMartin Zeil
Succeeded byHubert Aiwanger
Minister of Housing, Construction and Transport of Bavaria
In office
21 March 2018 – 5 November 2018
Minister PresidentMarkus Söder
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byHans Reichhart
Minister President of Bavaria
Acting
In office
14 March 2018 – 16 March 2018
DeputyHerself
Preceded byHorst Seehofer
Succeeded byMarkus Söder
Minister of the Economy, Energy, Technology and Media of Bavaria
In office
10 October 2013 – 21 March 2018
Minister PresidentHorst Seehofer
Herself (Acting)
Markus Söder
Preceded byMartin Zeil
Succeeded byFranz Josef Pschierer
Federal Minister of Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection
In office
31 October 2008 – 30 September 2013
ChancellorAngela Merkel
Preceded byHorst Seehofer
Succeeded byHans-Peter Friedrich (Food and Agriculture)
Heiko Maas (Consumer Protection)
Member of the Bundestag
for Starnberg
In office
27 September 1998 – 22 September 2013
Preceded byWolfgang Gröbl
Succeeded byAlexander Radwan
Member of the Landtag of Bavaria
for Miesbach
Assumed office
15 September 2013
Preceded byAlexander Radwan
In office
25 September 1994 – 13 September 1998
ConstituencyList
Personal details
Born (1964-12-07) 7 December 1964 (age 59)
Feldkirchen-Westerham, West Germany
Political partyChristian Social Union

Ilse Aigner (born 7 December 1964) is a German politician and member of the Christian Social Union of Bavaria (CSU).

Aigner was born in Feldkirchen-Westerham, Bavaria, and entered Angela Merkel's grand coalition cabinet as Federal Minister of Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection on 31 October 2008. She succeeded Horst Seehofer, who had become Minister President of Bavaria. She left her position on 30 September 2013 after being elected as a member of the Bavarian parliament.

From 2013, she served as Deputy Minister-President of Bavaria. In addition, she served as State Minister of Economic Affairs; and Media, Energy and Technology (2013–2018) and State Minister of Construction and Transport (2018). After Horst Seehofer resigned as Minister President in order to become Federal Minister of the Interior on 14 March 2018, Aigner became acting Minister President until the election of Markus Söder as Minister President. After the 2018 Bavarian State elections, she was elected as President of the Bavarian Landtag,[1] succeeding longterm president Barbara Stamm who had lost her seat in the election.[2]

  1. ^ "Ilse Aigner: Von der Kronprinzessin zur Präsidentin". BR24 (in German). Retrieved 21 October 2018.
  2. ^ "Barbara Stamm: Stimmenkönigin und trotzdem raus". BR24 (in German). Retrieved 21 October 2018.