Ilse Aigner
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| Deputy Minister-President of Bavaria Bavarian Minister for Economic Affairs, Media, Energy and Technology |
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Assumed office 10 October 2013 |
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| Minister-President | Horst Seehofer |
| Preceded by | Martin Zeil |
Federal Minister of Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection Germany
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In office 10 October 2009 – 30 September 2013 |
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| Chancellor | Angela Merkel |
| Preceded by | Horst Seehofer |
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Hans-Peter Friedrich (Food and Agriculture) Heiko Maas (Justice and Consumer Protection) |
| Member of the Bundestag | |
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In office 1998 – 2013 |
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7 December 1964 Feldkirchen-Westerham, West Germany (now Germany) |
| Political party | Christian Social Union |
| Religion | Roman Catholicism |
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, Rosenheim, 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. Since 10 October 2013 she is Deputy Minister-President of Bavaria and Bavarian Minister of Economic Affairs; and Media, Energy and Technology.
Aigner completed a professional training as a telecommunications technician in 1985 and joined the electrical installation business of her parents. In 1990 she graduated from the technical academy with the degree of a State Certified Engineer and worked for several years for Eurocopter in the development of helicopter electric systems.
Aigner was elected first in 1994 to the Bavarian State Parliament.
From 1998 Aigner was a member of the German Bundestag, winning always an absolute majority of the votes in her electoral district.
District
Candidate (SPD)
From 2002 to 2005, she was a member of the Budget Committee, where she served as her parliamentary group's rapporteur on the budgets of the Federal Ministry for Consumer Protection, Food and Agriculture (BMELV) and the aerospace technology portfolio of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF). From 2005 to 2008, she served as her parliamentary group’s spokesperson for education and research policy.
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