Edmund Stoiber
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Official portrait of Dr. Edmund Stoiber
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 Minister President of Bavaria |
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In office 28 May 1993 – 30 September 2007 |
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| Preceded by | Max Streibl |
| Succeeded by | Günther Beckstein |
| Chairman of the Christian Social Union | |
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In office 1998–2007 |
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| Preceded by | Theo Waigel |
| Succeeded by | Erwin Huber |
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28 September 1941 Oberaudorf, Germany |
| Nationality | German |
| Political party | CSU |
| Spouse(s) | Karin Stoiber |
| Children | Constanze Veronica Dominic |
| Religion | Roman Catholicism |
Edmund Rüdiger Stoiber (born 28 September 1941) is a German politician, who was the tenth Minister President of the state of Bavaria and chairman of the Christian Social Union (CSU). On 18 January 2007, he announced his decision to step down from the posts of minister-president and party chairman by 30 September, after having been under fire in his own party for weeks.
Edmund Stoiber was born in Oberaudorf in the district of Rosenheim, Bavaria. Prior to entering politics in 1974 and serving in the Bavarian parliament, he was a lawyer and worked at the University of Regensburg.
Stoiber attended the Ignaz-Günther-Gymnasium in Rosenheim, where he received his Abitur (high school diploma) in 1961, although he had to repeat one year for failing in Latin. His national service was with the Gebirgsdivision mountain infantry division in Mittenwald and Bad Reichenhall and was cut-short due to a knee injury. Following his military service, Stoiber studied political science and then, in the fall 1962 in Munich, law. In 1967 he passed the state law exam and then worked at the University of Regensburg in criminal law and Eastern European law. He was awarded a doctorate of jurisprudence, and then in 1971 passed the second state examination with distinction.
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