Max Streibl (6 January 1932 – 11 December 1998) was a German politician of the Christian Social Union (CSU) party and the eighth

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Bavaria Bavaria ( ; ), officially the Free State of Bavaria (german: Freistaat Bayern, link=no ), is a state in the south-east of Germany. With an area of , Bavaria is the largest German state by land area, comprising roughly a fifth of the total l ...

Biography

Streibel was born in

Oberammergau Oberammergau is a municipality in the district of Garmisch-Partenkirchen, in Bavaria, Germany. The small town on the Ammer River is known for its woodcarvers and woodcarvings, for its NATO School, and around the world for its 380-year tradition of ...

in 1932, where his parents owned a hotel business. He married his wife Irmingard in 1960 and they had one daughter and two sons. After going to school in Ettal, he studied law in Munich, graduating in 1955. He worked in

Garmisch-Partenkirchen Garmisch-Partenkirchen (; Bavarian: ''Garmasch-Partakurch''), nicknamed Ga-Pa, is an Alpine ski town in Bavaria, southern Germany. It is the seat of government of the district of Garmisch-Partenkirchen (abbreviated ''GAP''), in the Ob ...

, and later, at the German '' Bundesrat'' in

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and joint the local government of the region of

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in 1960. From 1961, he worked for the state government and began to rise in the ranks of the CSU. From 1961 to 1967, he led the ''

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(Young Union), the youth organisation of CDU and CSU in Bavaria.'' He became a member of the Bavarian ''

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'' in 1962, a position he held until 1994, when he retired. He was then the General Secretary of the party from 1967 to 1970. Streibl served as Bavarian Minister for the Environment (1970–1977), a newly formed ministry, and for Finance (1977–1988). After the sudden death of Franz Josef Strauß in 1988, Streibl succeeded him as ''

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'' of Bavaria on 19 October 1988. Streibl was deeply rooted in

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, but soon became unpopular because of alleged bribery (he was paid holiday trips by Burkhart Grob, the chairman of an aircraft production company). Because of this so-called "amigo-affair", coming to the surface in January 1993, he was forced to resign on 27 May 1993 and

Edmund Stoiber Edmund Rüdiger Stoiber (born 28 September 1941) is a German politician who served as the 16th Minister President of the state of Bavaria between 1993 and 2007 and chairman of the Christian Social Union (CSU) between 1999 and 2007. In 2002, he ...

took office, despite the latter being involved in the affair, too. The affair did result in a policy change in Bavaria, aimed at untangling the connections between politics and business. Streibl's defiant final words upon his resignation, with a tear in his eyes, were "Adios Amigos!".Vom Vater hat sie nicht nur die Gestik geerbt
(in German) Berliner Zeitung online, 22 September 1999, accessed: 10 May 2008 He retired from politics shortly after and died in December 1998 in

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Honors

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s from the Universities of

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(1985) and

(1990). * Grand Cross of Merit of the Italian Republic (1988) * Honorary Citizen of

(1989) * Grand Cross of the Order Pro Merito Melitensi of the

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External links

Official Bavarian government website - Max Streibel biography
(in German) {{DEFAULTSORT:Streibl, Max 1932 births 1998 deaths People from Garmisch-Partenkirchen (district) Ministers-President of Bavaria Ministers of the Bavaria State Government Members of the Landtag of Bavaria German Roman Catholics Knights Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic Knights of the Holy Sepulchre Grand Crosses with Star and Sash of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany Recipients of the Order pro Merito Melitensi

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