Barbara Otte-Kinast (born 18 September 1964 in Ehmen) is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who has been serving as a member of the State Parliament of Lower Saxony since the 2022 elections.

Political career

From 2017 to 2022, Otte-Kinast served as State Minister of Food, Agriculture, Consumer Protection and State Development in the cabinet of Minister-President

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. In this capacity, she was one of the state's representatives at the Bundesrat, where she served on the Committee on Agricultural Policy and Consumer Protection. During her time in office, Otte-Kinast oversaw the government’s response to a 2022 outbreak of the African swine fever virus in the state, which is Germany's most important pig rearing region. Otte-Kinast was nominated by her party as delegate to the Federal Convention for the purpose of electing the

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.Drucksache 18/10450: Niedersächsische Mitglieder der 17. Bundesversammlung am 13. Februar 2022
State Parliament of Lower Saxony.

References

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