Edmund Stoiber was born on September 28, 1941 in Oberaudorf, Bavaria, Germany. He has been married to Karin Stoiber since February 23, 1968. They have three children.
Minister-president (prime minister) of the west German federal state Bavaria from 28 May 1993 to 30
September 2007 and chairman of the Christian Social Union from 1999 to
30 September 2007.
After being attacked in his own party for weeks, he decided to resign
as party chairman and Bavarian minister-president in September 2007 (18
January 2007).
Was the conservative candidate to become German Chancellor in 2002, but
lost against Gerhard Schröder.