Stromberg may refer to:

People[link]

• Lyndon Stromberg, American sculptor and designer
• Karl Stromberg, the villain in the James Bond film The Spy Who Loved Me
• Joseph R. Stromberg, historian with the Ludwig von Mises Institute
• Glenn Strömberg, Swedish soccer player
• Hunt Stromberg, American film producer
• Robert Stromberg, American Art Director
• William T. Stromberg, film composer
• Wesley Stromberg, songwriter
• Keaton Stromberg, recording engineer

Places[link]

• Stromberg (Siebengebirge) - a mountain peak in Germany now better known as Petersberg
• Stromberg (Hunsrück) - a town in the district of Bad Kreuznach in Rheinland-Pfalz
• Stromberg (region) - a region in Baden-Württemberg
• Stromberg, Oelde, a town in Oelde, Germany

Companies and products[link]

• Stromberg (company), a Finnish manufacturer of electronic products
• Stromberg-Carlson, an American manufacturer of telephone equipment, radios and television
• Stromberg, a carburetor brand name, used by Zenith and by Bendix

Other[link]

• Stromberg (TV series) - a German television series

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Dr. Edmund Stoiber
Official portrait of Dr. Edmund Stoiber
Minister President of Bavaria
In office 28 May 1993 – 30 September 2007
Preceded by	Max Streibl
Succeeded by	Günther Beckstein
Chairman of the Christian Social Union
In office 1998–2007
Preceded by	Theo Waigel
Succeeded by	Erwin Huber
Personal details
Born	Oberaudorf, Germany
Nationality	German
Political party	CSU
Religion	Roman Catholic

Edmund Rüdiger Stoiber (born 28 September 1941) is a German politician, former minister-president of the state of Bavaria and former chairman of the Christian Social Union (CSU). On 18 January 2007, he announced his decision to step down from the posts of minister-president and party chairman by 30 September, after having been under fire in his own party for weeks.^[1]

Early life[link]

Edmund Stoiber was born in Oberaudorf in the district of Rosenheim, Bavaria. Prior to entering politics in 1974 and serving in the Bavarian parliament, he was a lawyer and worked at the University of Regensburg.

Stoiber is Roman Catholic. He is married to Karin Stoiber. They have three children: Constanze (1971), Veronica (1977), Dominic (1980) and five grandchildren: Johannes (1999), Benedikt (2001),Theresa Marie (2005), Ferdinand (2009) and another grandson (2011).

Education and profession[link]

Stoiber attended the Ignaz-Günther-Gymnasium in Rosenheim, where he received his Abitur (high school diploma) in 1961, although he had to repeat one year for failing in Latin.^[2] His mandatory military service was with the Gebirgsdivision mountain infantry division in Mittenwald and Bad Reichenhall and was cut-short due to a knee injury. Following his military service, Stoiber studied political science and then, in the fall 1962 in Munich, law. In 1967 he passed the state law exam and then worked at the University of Regensburg in criminal law and Eastern European law. He was awarded a doctorate of jurisprudence, and then in 1971 passed the second state examination with distinction.

Political career[link]

In 1978 Stoiber was elected secretary general of the CSU, a post he held until 1982/83. From 1982 to 1986 he served as deputy to the Bavarian secretary of the state and then as minister of state from 1982 to 1988. From 1988 to 1993 he served as Minister of the Interior and in May 1993, the Bavarian Landtag (parliament) elected him as minister-president succeeding Max Streibl. As such he served as President of the Bundesrat in 1995/96. In 1998, he also succeeded Theo Waigel as chairman of the CSU.

Chancellor candidacy[link]

In 2002, Stoiber politically out-maneuvered CDU chairwoman, Angela Merkel, and was elected the CDU/CSU's candidate for the office of chancellor, challenging Gerhard Schröder.

In the run up to the 2002 election the CSU/CDU held a huge lead in the opinion polls and Stoiber famously remarked that "...this election is like a football match where it's the second half and my team is ahead by 2–0." However, on election day things had changed. The SPD had mounted a huge comeback, and the CDU/CSU was narrowly defeated (though both the SPD and CDU/CSU had 38.5% of the vote, the SPD was ahead by a small 6,000 vote margin). Gerhard Schröder was re-elected as chancellor by the parliament in a coalition with the Greens. Many commentators fault Stoiber's reaction to the floods in eastern Germany, in the run-up to the election, as a contributory factor in his party's poor electoral result and defeat. In addition, Schröder distinguished himself from his opponent by taking an active stance against the upcoming United States-led Iraq War. His extensive campaigning on this stance was widely seen as swinging the election to the SPD in the weeks running up to the election.

Controversies[link]

Stoiber and Vladimir Putin

Stoiber is known for backing Vladimir Putin and there have been comparisons to Gerhard Schröder. One author called Stoiber a "Moscow's Trojan Horse".^[3][4][5] Vladimir Putin is known to have given Stoiber "extreme forms of flattery" and privileges such as a private dinner at Putin's residence outside Moscow.^[6]

While the conservative wing of the German political spectrum, primarily formed of the CDU and CSU, enjoys considerable support, this support tends to be less extended to Stoiber. He enjoys considerably more support in his home state of Bavaria than in the rest of Germany, where CDU chairwoman Angela Merkel is more popular. This has its reasons: Merkel supports a kind of fiscal conservatism, but a more liberal social policy. Stoiber, on the other hand favors a more conservative approach to both fiscal and social matters, and while this ensures him the religious vote, strongest in Bavaria, it has weakened his support at the national level.

Stoiber, as a minister in the state of Bavaria, is widely known for advocating a reduction in the number of asylum seekers Germany accepts, something that prompted critics to label him xenophobic, anti-Turkish and anti-Islam. In the late 1990s he criticized the incoming Chancellor Schröder for saying that he would work hard in the interest of Germans and people living in Germany. Stoiber's remarks drew heavy criticism in the press. He is a staunch opponent of Turkey's integration into the European Union, claiming that its non-Christian culture would dilute the Union.

During the run-up to the German general election in 2005, which was held ahead of schedule, Stoiber created controversy through a campaign speech held in the beginning of August 2005 in the federal state of Baden-Württemberg. He said, "I do not accept that the East [of Germany] will again decide who will be Germany's chancellor. It cannot be allowed that the frustrated determine Germany's fate." People in the new federal states of Germany (the former German Democratic Republic) were offended by Stoiber's remarks. While the CSU attempted to portray them as "misinterpreted", Stoiber created further controversy when he claimed that "if it was like Bavaria everywhere, there wouldn't be any problems. Unfortunately, not everyone in Germany is as intelligent as in Bavaria." The tone of the comments was exacerbated by a perception by some within Germany of the state of Bavaria as "arrogant".

Many, including members of the CDU, attribute Stoiber's comments and behavior as a contributing factor to the CDU's losses in the 2005 general election. He was accused by many in the CDU/CSU of offering "half-hearted" support to Angela Merkel, with some even accusing him of being reluctant to support a female candidate from the East. (This also contrasted unfavorably with Merkel's robust support for his candidacy in the 2002 election.) He has insinuated that votes were lost because of the choice of a female candidate. He came under heavy fire for these comments from press and politicians alike, especially since he himself lost almost 10% of the Bavarian vote – a dubious feat in itself as Bavarians tend to consistently vote conservatively. Nonetheless, a poll has suggested over 9% may have voted differently if the conservative candidate was a man from the West, although this does not clearly show if such a candidate would have gained or lost votes for the conservatives.

He was slated to join Angela Merkel's cabinet as Economics minister. However, on 1 November 2005, he announced his decision to stay in Bavaria.

On 18 January 2007, he announced his decision to stand down from the posts of minister-president and party chairman by 30 September, after having been under fire in his own party for weeks.

European Union[link]

In February 2004 Edmund Stoiber became a candidate of Jaques Chirac and Gerhard Schröder for the presidency of the European Commission but he decided not to run for this office. In November 2007 Edmund Stoiber accepted to direct the High Level Group of the European Union tasked with reducing European Union bureaucracy.

Outside politics[link]

Stoiber is a keen football fan and he serves as Co-Chairman on the Advisory Board of FC Bayern Munich. Before the 2002 election FC Bayern General Manager Uli Hoeneß expressed his support for Stoiber and the CSU. Football legend, former FC Bayern President and DFB Vice-President, Franz Beckenbauer, on the other hand, showed his support for Stoiber by letting him join the German national football team on their flight home from Japan after the 2002 FIFA World Cup.

In his youth, he played for local football side BCF Wolfratshausen.^[7]

Honours and awards[link]

• 1984: Bavarian Order of Merit
• 1996: Karl-Valentin-Orden
• 1996: Grand Order of King Dmitar Zvonimir
• 1999: Grand Cross of the Order of the Star of Romania
• 2000: Order against the deadly seriousness
• 2002: Commander of the Legion of Honour
• 2003: Officer of the Ordre national du Québec
• 2004: Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
• 2005: Large Gold Medal with Ribbon for Services to the Republic of Austria
• 2006: Grand Cross of Order of Merit of the Italian Republic
• 2007: Large Gold Medal of the province of Upper Austria
• 2009: Merit of the State of Baden-Württemberg

See also[link]

• List of Minister-Presidents of Bavaria

References[link]

External links[link]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Edmund Stoiber

Wikiquote has a collection of quotations related to: de:Edmund Stoiber

• Official website (German)
• Stoiber quotes (in German) (critic)
• Stoiber and the East – Deutsche Welle
• Parlazzo Media Awards – Nomination 2007 – 10 Minutes – 10 Minuten (in German)

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• 1996: Karl-Valentin-Orden
• 2000: Order against the deadly seriousness

• 2007: Large Gold Medal of the province of Upper Austria
• 2009: Merit of the State of Baden-Württemberg

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Christoph Maria Herbst
Born	(1966-02-09) 9 February 1966 (age 46) Wuppertal, Germany
Occupation	actor and comedian
Years active	1989-Present

Christoph Maria Herbst (born February 9, 1966 in Wuppertal) is a German actor and comedian.

Life and theatre career[link]

After passing the Abitur, Herbst became a banker apprentice and was active at the free theatre scene in Wuppertal at the same time. In 1986, he was a founding member of the private Theater in Cronenberg and its acting school. He's still performing in German theatres. Most recently, he performed "Männerhort" (Men nursery) at the Theater am Kurfürstendamm in Berlin together with Bastian Pastewka, Michael Kessler and Jürgen Tonkel.

Television[link]

Herbst made his first appearance in German television in the show Sketchup - The next generation in 1997. From 2002 to 2004, he performed as a supporting actor in Ladykracher. In 2004, he had his first leading role in the ProSieben series Stromberg. In October 2006, the work on the third season of Stromberg began, airing in early 2007. Herbst also appeared in the Sesamstraße in 2006, and in Anke Engelke's show Ladyland. In 2007, his 7-piece series Die schlimmste Woche meines Lebens, an adaptation of the British Series The Worst Week of My Life, was broadcasted.

Filmography[link]

Herbst's movie career began in 1998 in the movie Der wirklich letzte Junggeselle (The last bachelor). His star roles were together with Michael Herbig, Rick Kavanian and Christian Tramitz in (T)Raumschiff Surprise - Periode 1 in 2003 as well as his appearance as the butler Alfons Hatler in the 2004 movie Der Wixxer together with Oliver Kalkofe, Thomas Fritsch, Oliver Welke and other leading German comedians. In 2006, Herbst teamed up again with Michael Herbig in the movie Hui-Buh, das Schlossgespenst, starring as King Julius, the 111th.

Herbst appeared in these movies and series:

• 1998 Der wirklich letzte Junggeselle
• 2003 (T)Raumschiff Surprise – Periode 1
• 2004 Stromberg Staffel 1 (TV series)
• 2004 Der WiXXer
• 2004 Erkan und Stefan - Der Tod kommt krass
• 2005 Stromberg Staffel 2 (TV series)
• 2005 Der Fischer und seine Frau
• 2006 Hui Buh – Das Schlossgespenst
• 2006 Pastewka (TV series)
• 2006 Wo ist Fred!?
• 2006 Urmel aus dem Eis (voice)
• 2007 Stromberg Staffel 3 (TV series)
• 2007 Die Aufschneider
• 2007 Neues vom WiXXer
• 2007 Hilfe! Hochzeit! - Die schlimmste Woche meines Lebens (TV series)
• 2007 Hände weg von Mississippi
• 2007 Tramitz & Friends (TV series)
• 2007 Jakobs Bruder
• 2008 Mord Mit Aussicht (TV series)
• 2008 Don Quichote - Gib niemals auf! (TV movie)
• 2008 Urmel voll in Fahrt (voice)
• 2008 2 Weihnachtsmänner
• 2009 Stromberg Staffel 4 (TV series)
• 2009 Vicky the Viking
• 2010 Kreutzer kommt

Awards[link]

• 2002: Deutscher Comedypreis as Best Supporting Actor in Ladykracher
• 2005: Bayerischer Fernsehpreis for Stromberg
• 2005: Deutscher Comedypreis as Best Actor for Stromberg
• 2005: Goldener Gong for Stromberg
• 2005: Jupiter-Filmpreis as Best TV Actor
• 2006: Adolf-Grimme-Preis for Stromberg
• 2006: Deutscher Comedypreis as Best Actor in a Comedy series for Stromberg
• 2006: GQ - Man of the year in the category TV
• 2006: Sony Music - Triple-Platinum for over 150000 sold Stromberg-DVDs
• 2007: Deutscher Comedypreis as Best Actor (in a Comedy series) for Stromberg

External links[link]

• Christoph Maria Herbst at the Internet Movie Database
• http://www.christophmaria-herbst.de Fanpage (German)
• Interview with Christoph Maria Herbst (German)

This article incorporates information from the revision as of January 13, 2007 of the equivalent article on the German Wikipedia.