Ignaz Kiechle (23 February 1930 in

Kempten im Allgäu Kempten (, (Swabian German: )) is the largest town of Allgäu, in Swabia, Bavaria, Germany. The population was about 68,000 in 2016. The area was possibly settled originally by Celts, but was later taken over by the Romans, who called the town ' ...

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– 2 December 2003 in Kempten) was a German politician of the

Christian Social Union in Bavaria The Christian Social Union in Bavaria (German: , CSU) is a Christian-democratic and conservative political party in Germany. Having a regionalist identity, the CSU operates only in Bavaria while its larger counterpart, the Christian Democratic ...

(CSU). After the

1983 West German federal election Federal elections were held in West Germany on 6 March 1983 to elect the members of the 10th Bundestag. The CDU/CSU alliance led by Helmut Kohl remained the largest faction in parliament, with Kohl remaining Chancellor. Issues and campaign The ...

, chancellor

Helmut Kohl Helmut Josef Michael Kohl (; 3 April 1930 – 16 June 2017) was a German politician who served as Chancellor of Germany from 1982 to 1998 and Leader of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) from 1973 to 1998. Kohl's 16-year tenure is the longes ...

appointed him to 'Minister of Food, Agriculture, and Forestry' ( Second Kohl cabinet). After the 1987 election, he had the same position in the

Third Kohl cabinet The Third Kohl cabinet led by Helmut Kohl was sworn in on March 12, 1987. The cabinet was formed after the 1987 West German federal election, 1987 elections. This cabinet oversaw the German Reunification. It laid down its function on January 18, ...

and then, after the German reunification, in the

Fourth Kohl cabinet The Fourth Kohl cabinet led by Helmut Kohl was sworn in on 18 January 1991 and laid down its function on 15 November 1994. The cabinet was formed after the 1990 elections. It laid down its function after the formation of the Cabinet Kohl V, wh ...

. In January 1993, he left the cabinet because of poor health; Jochen Borchert (CDU) became his successor. From

1969 This year is notable for Apollo 11's first landing on the moon. Events January * January 4 – The Government of Spain hands over Ifni to Morocco. * January 5 **Ariana Afghan Airlines Flight 701 crashes into a house on its approach to ...

1994 File:1994 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 1994 Winter Olympics are held in Lillehammer, Norway; The Kaiser Permanente building after the 1994 Northridge earthquake; A model of the MS Estonia, which sank in the Baltic Sea; Nelson ...

Kiechle was a member of the

Bundestag The Bundestag (, "Federal Diet") is the German federal parliament. It is the only federal representative body that is directly elected by the German people. It is comparable to the United States House of Representatives or the House of Common ...

(German Parliament).
From 1959 until 1968 he was a farmer leading the farm of his parents. Kiechle and his wife Cäcilia had four children. Their son Thomas (* 1967) became mayor of Kempten in 2014.www.kempten.de
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1930 births 2003 deaths Agriculture ministers of Germany Government ministers of Germany Members of the Bundestag for Bavaria Members of the Bundestag 1990–1994 People from Kempten im Allgäu Knights Commander of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany Members of the Bundestag for the Christian Social Union in Bavaria 20th-century German farmers {{Germany-CSU-politician-stub