Ilse Aigner

Ilse Aigner was born on December 7, 1964 in Feldkirchen-Westerham and graduated from the Wilhelm-Leibl-Realschule in Bad Aibling in 1981. After training as a radio and television technician and working for several years in her parents' medium-sized electrical engineering business, she completed further training as a certified electrical engineer and worked from 1990 to 1994 in the development of system electronics for helicopters at eurocopter. Ilse Aigner began her political career as a local councilor in Feldkirchen-Westerham and a district councilor in the Rosenheim district council. She assumed leading positions in the CSU at an early stage. In 1994, she was elected to the Bavarian state parliament for the first time, where she served one legislative term before becoming a member of the German Bundestag from 1998 to 2013. During this time, she actively contributed to various commissions, working groups and committees and assumed responsibility in numerous leadership positions. From 2008 to 2013, Ilse Aigner was Federal Minister of Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection. She has again been a member of the Bavarian State Parliament since 2013. Ilse Aigner held the office of Deputy Minister President and Bavarian State Minister for Economic Affairs and Media, Energy and Technology for five years before heading the Bavarian Ministry of Housing, Construction and Transport as State Minister for six months from March 2018. Since November 2018, Ilse Aigner has been President of the Bavarian State Parliament and thus the highest representative of the Bavarian Parliament. In addition to her extensive political activities, she is also involved in a wide range of voluntary work.