Karin Seehofer
Karin Gabriele Seehofer , née Stark (* April 1958 ), is the second wife of the former Bavarian Prime Minister and current Federal Minister of the Interior, Horst Seehofer .
Career
After finishing school, she completed an apprenticeship as an administrative clerk at the Eichstätt District Office . There she met Horst Seehofer, the head of the department at the time, whom she married in December 1985. The marriage had three children.
Public appearances at the side of her husband, who acted as Federal Minister, were initially rare. When he was Bavarian Prime Minister from 2008 to 2018, Karin Seehofer took on numerous representative tasks. She was the patron of several institutions in the social and charitable field.
Honors
The Friends of the Frigate Bavaria awarded her her first honorary membership on July 15, 2010. The new orchid variety "Phalaenopsis Karin Seehofer" has had her name since 2010. Another orchid variety "Phalaenopsis Karin Gabriele Seehofer" was named after its full name on the occasion of the Neu-Ulm Orchid Days in 2012. The Friends of Thomas Wiser Haus e. V. Regenstauf awarded Karin Seehofer her first honorary membership on September 27, 2013 in the Prinz-Carl-Palais in Munich.
literature
- Josef Karg: The new Bavarian country mother - Karin Seehofer: A strong woman in all crises , Augsburger Allgemeine, October 9, 2008
- Stefan Mayr, Katja Auer: The woman by his side , in: Süddeutsche Zeitung , October 28, 2008
- "First Lady" Karin Seehofer with a good face to bad game , in: Focus , September 27, 2008
- Adam Soboczynski: About Karin Seehofer's loyalty , in: Die Zeit , No. 33/2009, August 6, 2009
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Neu-Ulm: Karin Seehofer names a cultivated orchid , Südwest-Presse , February 25, 2012
- ↑ Press release of the Bavarian State Chancellery of June 29, 2010: Patron of the “Irmengardhof” project ( memento of the original from October 17, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Press release of the Bavarian State Chancellery of September 8, 2011: Patron of the first children's palliative center in Bavaria ( memento of the original from October 17, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Karin Seehofer first honorary member of the Circle of Friends , accessed on February 19, 2012.
- ↑ Augsburger-allgemeine.de: An orchid named Seehofer accessed on February 19, 2012
- ^ Förderverein Thomas-Wiser-Haus: Karin Seehofer is an honorary member , accessed on October 17, 2013.
- ↑ Mittelbayerische.de: Karin Seehofer is an honorary member, accessed on October 17, 2013
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Seehofer, Karin |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Seehofer, Karin Gabriele (full name); Stark, Karin (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | second wife of the Bavarian Prime Minister Horst Seehofer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 1958 |