Horst Seehofer
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Horst Lorenz Seehofer (born July 4, 1949 in Ingolstadt) is a German politician (CSU). He was Federal Minister for Health and Social Security from 1992 to 1998 and now serves as Federal Minister of Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection in the cabinet of Angela Merkel.
[edit] Member of the Bundestag
He has been a member of the Lower House of the German Parliament (Bundestag) in Germany since 1980. He became assistant chairman of the CDU/CSU faction of the Bundestag in October 1998. Because of his disagreement with flat-rate contributions (Gesundheitsprämie) to the federal health insurance he resigned from his post on November 22, 2004 but remained the assistant chairman of the CSU and kept his mandate.
Since joining the Bundestag Horst Seehofer has kept his mandate as a directly elected delegate (Direktkandidat) from his Constituency Ingolstadt. At the 2005 federal election he received 65.9 percent of the first votes.
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| Preceded by Gerda Hasselfeldt |
Federal Minister for Health and Social Security (Germany) 1992-1998 |
Succeeded by Andrea Fischer |
| Preceded by Renate Künast |
Federal Minister of Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection (Germany) 2005- |
Succeeded by incumbent |
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