Christian Social Union in BavariaThe 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 Union (CDU), operates in the other fifteen states of Germany. Founded in 1945, the CSU is considered the de facto successor of the Weimar-era Catholic Bavarian People's Party.
Landtag of BavariaThe Landtag of Bavaria, officially known in English as the Bavarian State Parliament, is the unicameral legislature of the German state of Bavaria. The parliament meets in the Maximilianeum in Munich. Elections to the Landtag are held every five years and have to be conducted on a Sunday or public holiday. The following elections have to be held no earlier than 59 months and no later than 62 months after the previous one, unless the Landtag is dissolved.
Edmund StoiberEdmund 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 ran for the office of Chancellor of Germany in the federal election, and in one of the narrowest elections in German history lost against Gerhard Schröder.
SupermajorityA supermajority is a requirement for a proposal to gain a specified level of support which is greater than the threshold of one-half. The threshold of one-half is used for a simple majority, which is sometimes expressed as a "50%+ 1 vote". Supermajority rules in a democracy can help to prevent a majority from eroding fundamental rights of a minority, but can also hamper efforts to respond to problems and encourage corrupt compromises at times when action is taken.
List of minister-presidents of BavariaBelow is a list of the men who have served in the capacity of minister-president or equivalent office in the German state of Bavaria from the 17th century to the present. Privy Council chancellorPrivy Council chancellors (Geheime Ratskanzler) were: Ministers of foreign affairsBefore 1849, Bavaria had no actual head of government, but the minister of foreign affairs was the most senior of the ministers.*As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.