| Leader of the Christian Social Union | |
|---|---|
| Member of | Federal Executive Presidium |
| Inaugural holder | Josef Müller |
| Formation | 17 December 1945 |
| Deputy | Kurt Gribl Angelika Niebler Dorothee Bär Manfred Weber Melanie Huml |
The Leader of the Christian Social Union (Vorsitzender der Christlich-Sozialen Union) is the most senior political figure within the Christian Social Union in Bavaria. Since 19 January 2019, the office has been held by Markus Söder;[1] who is the 9th leader of the party.
The Leader of the Christian Social Union is supported by a General Secretary, which since 2018 has been Markus Blume. Furthermore, the leader is supported by five deputy leaders, which currently are Kurt Gribl, Angelika Niebler, Dorothee Bär, Manfred Weber and Melanie Huml.[2]
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Leaders of the Christian Social Union (1945–present)
A list of the 8 leaders since 1945[3]
| Leader |
Portrait | Took office | Left office | Chancellor |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Josef Müller |
|
17 December 1945 | 28 May 1949 | Konrad Adenauer |
| Hans Ehard | 
|
28 May 1949 | 22 January 1955 | Konrad Adenauer |
| Hanns Seidel |
|
22 January 1955 | 16 February 1961 | Konrad Adenauer |
| Franz Josef Strauss |
|
18 March 1961 | 3 October 1988 | Konrad Adenauer Ludwig Erhard Kurt Georg Kiesinger Willy Brandt Helmut Schmidt Helmut Kohl |
| Theodor Waigel |
|
16 November 1988 | 16 January 1999 | Helmut Kohl |
| Edmund Stoiber |
|
16 January 1999 | 29 September 2007 | Gerhard Schröder |
| Erwin Huber |
|
29 September 2007 | 25 October 2008 | Angela Merkel |
| Horst Seehofer |
|
25 October 2008 | 19 January 2019 | Angela Merkel |
| Markus Söder |
|
19 January 2019 | Incumbent | Angela Merkel Olaf Scholz |
See also
- Leader of the Social Democratic Party of Germany
- Leader of the Christian Democratic Union of Germany
- Social Democratic Party of Germany
- Christian Democratic Union of Germany
- Alliance '90/The Greens
Notes
References
- ^ "Horst Seehofer, MdL – CSU". www.csu.de (in German). Retrieved 2018-06-19.
- ^ "Vorstand – CSU". www.csu.de (in German). Retrieved 2018-06-19.
- ^ "Die 1940er – CSU". www.csu.de (in German). Retrieved 2018-06-19.
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