Max Streibl (6 January 1932 – 11 December 1998) was a German politician of the Christian Social Union (CSU) party and the eighth Minister President of Bavaria.
Max Streibl | |
|---|---|
.jpg) Streibl in 1989 | |
| Minister President of Bavaria | |
| In office 3 October 1988 – 28 May 1993 | |
| President | Richard von Weizsäcker |
| Chancellor | Helmut Kohl |
| Preceded by | Franz Josef Strauss |
| Succeeded by | Edmund Stoiber |
| Bavarian Minister for the Environment | |
| In office 1970–1977 | |
| Bavarian Minister for Finance | |
| In office 1977–1988 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 6 January 1932 Oberammergau, Bavaria, Germany |
| Died | 11 December 1998 (aged 66) Munich, Bavaria, Germany |
| Political party | Christian Social Union (CSU) |
| Spouse | Irmingard |
| Children | 3 |
| Occupation | Lawyer |
Biography
edit.jpg)
Streibel was born in Oberammergau 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, and later, at the German Bundesrat in Bonn and joint the local government of the region of Upper Bavaria 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 Junge Union (Young Union), the youth organisation of CDU and CSU in Bavaria. [citation needed]
He became a member of the Bavarian Landtag 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 Ministerpräsident of Bavaria on 19 October 1988. Streibl was deeply rooted in Catholicism, but soon became unpopular because of alleged bribery (he was paid holiday trips by Burkhart Grob, the chairman of an aircraft production company[1]). Because of this so-called "amigo-affair",[2] coming to the surface in January 1993, he was forced to resign on 27 May 1993 and Edmund Stoiber took office, despite the latter being involved in the affair, too.[3] The affair did result in a policy change in Bavaria, aimed at untangling the connections between politics and business.[4]
Streibl's defiant final words upon his resignation, with a tear in his eyes, were "Adios Amigos!".[5][6]
He retired from politics shortly after and died in December 1998 in Munich.
Honors
edit- Honorary Doctorates from the Universities of Passau (1985) and Munich (1990).
- Grand Cross of Merit of the Italian Republic (1988)
- Honorary Citizen of Oberammergau (1989)
- Grand Cross of the Order Pro Merito Melitensi of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta
- Order of the Holy Sepulchre
- Grand Order of King Dmitar Zvonimir, Croatia
Further reading
edit
- Max Streibl, Bayerischer Ministerpräsident, (in German) author: Max Streibl, Gerhard A. Friedl, publisher: Carl Gerber Verlag, 1989, ISBN 3-87249-133-4
- Modell Bayern. Ein Weg in die Zukunft, (in German) author: Max Streibl, publisher: Carl Gerber Verlag, 1985, ISBN 3-87249-094-X
References
edit- ^ GERMANS CANCEL BIG U.S. PURCHASE The New York Times, 4 February 1993, accessed: 10 May 2008
- ^ Germany-Government and Politics Encyclopædia Britannica online, accessed: 10 May 2008
- ^ Democracy and Corruption in Europe google book review, author: Donatella Della Porta, Yves Mény, publisher: Continuum International Publishing Group, page 89-90, accessed: 10 May 2008
- ^ Handbook of Research on Entrepreneurship Policy google book review, author: David B. Audretsch, Isabel Grilo, A. Roy Thurik, publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing, page 204, accessed: 10 May 2008
- ^ Gerster ist unschuldig! Archived 18 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine (in German), author: Hagen Reimer, free lance journalist, accessed: 10 May 2008
- ^ Vom Vater hat sie nicht nur die Gestik geerbt (in German) Berliner Zeitung online, 22 September 1999, accessed: 10 May 2008