Karin Stoiber, née Rudolf (born 6 July 1943 in Buchau,

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(now

Bochov Bochov (german: Buchau) is a town in Karlovy Vary District in the Karlovy Vary Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 1,900 inhabitants. Administrative parts Villages of Číhaná, Dlouhá Lomnice, Herstošice, Hlineč, Javorná, Jesínky, Koz ...

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)) was the spouse of the minister-president of

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from 1993 to 2007. Karin Stoiber is the wife of the former prime minister of the

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and chairman of the Christian Social Union (CSU), Dr.

Edmund Stoiber Edmund Rüdiger Stoiber (born 28 September 1941) is a German politician who served as the 16th Minister President of the States of Germany, state of Bavaria between 1993 and 2007 and chairman of the Christian Social Union in Bavaria, Christian So ...

. The Stoibers are currently living in

Wolfratshausen Wolfratshausen () is a town of the district of Bad Tölz-Wolfratshausen, located in Bavaria, Germany. The town had a population of 19,033 as of 31 December 2019. History The first mention of "Wolveradeshusun" appears in documents from the year ...

, Southern Bavaria. They have been married since 23 February 1968. They have three children together. Until the birth of her first daughter in 1971, she worked as a bank clerk. Her special interest is helping deaf people. She is the patron of the "Kinderhospiz Allgäu".

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Official Homepage of Edmund Stoiber (German)
1943 births Living people Sudeten German people German people of German Bohemian descent People from Karlovy Vary District {{Germany-bio-stub