The acronym CSU may refer to:

• Constant speed unit - a mechanical device on an aircraft propeller that regulates engine speed by automatically changing pitch.
• Concordia Student Union
• Channel Service Unit - a WAN equivalent of a network interface card.
• Christian Social Union of Bavaria (Christlich-Soziale Union in Bayern), a political party in Bavaria, Germany.
• Crime Scene Unit - in some police groups this refers to crime scene investigators who respond to a crime scene.
• Care and Separation Unit - the name given to solitary confinement in some prisons in the United Kingdom
• C Start Up - in computing, the initial start up code for compiled C (and C-based languages). See also CRT for C Run-Time.
• ČSÚ (Český statistický úřad), Czech Statistical Office
• CSU is the ICAO airline designator for Chari Aviation Services, Chad

Universities and university systems[link]

• Cagayan State University system (Philippines)
• Caraga State University system (Philippines)
• California State University system (U.S.A.)
• Central South University, Hunan (China)
• Central State University, Ohio (U.S.A.)
• Charles Sturt University, (Australia)
• Charleston Southern University Charleston, South Carolina (U.S.A.)
• Chicago State University Chicago, Illinois (U.S.A.)
• Clayton State University, Georgia, (U.S.A.)
• Cleveland State University, Ohio (U.S.A.)
• Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado (U.S.A.)
• Columbus State University, Georgia, (U.S.A.)
• Connecticut State University System (U.S.A.)
• Chelyabinsk State University (Russia)

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Alexander Dobrindt
Alexander Dobrindt
Executive Secretary of the C.S.U.  Germany
Chancellor	Angela Merkel
Personal details
Nationality	German
Political party	Christian Social Union of Bavaria
Alma mater	Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
Religion	Roman Catholic
Website	alexander-dobrindt.de

Alexander Dobrindt (born June 7, 1970 in Peißenberg, Bavaria) is a German politician, that since 2009 serves as the Executive Secretary of the Christian Social Union of Bavaria.

Early Life[link]

M.P. Alexander Dobrindt graduated from the Weilheim Highschool in 1989 and continued his studies in the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich finishing with a Master of Arts in Sociology in 1995. After obtaining his degree, he worked in an engineering company as a Financial Director from 1996 to 2001 and as a Managing Director from 2001 to 2005.

Political Career[link]

He joined the Junge Union (Junior party of the C.S.U.) in 1986 and 4 years later the Christian Social Union of Bavaria. He has been a member of the German National Parliament (Bundestag) since 2002 that he won the direct mandate in the Parliamentary Constituency of Weilheim gathering the 59,4% of the votes^[1]. Since 2009, he serves as the District-Chairman of the C.S.U. Weilheim-Schongau.

Personal Life[link]

M.P. Alexander Dobrindt has been married since 2006.

See also[link]

• List of Bavarian Christian Social Union politicians
• Christian Social Union of Bavaria

References[link]

External Links[link]

• Official Website of M.P. Alexander Dobrindt (German)
• M.P.Alexander Dobrindt in the Official Website of the German Parliament (German)
• Interview of M.P. Alexander Dobrindt in Abendblatt (German)

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Peter Gauweiler.

Peter Gauweiler (born June 22, 1949 in Munich, Bavaria) is a German politician, and a member of Bavaria's Christian Social Union (CSU) in the German Bundestag. Since 2006, Gauweiler is the Chairman of the Sub-Committee on Foreign cultural and educational policies of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the German Bundestag. From 1990 to 1994, he was Bavarian State Minister for Regional Development and Environment.

In 2008, Gauweiler challenged the German ratification of the Treaty of Lisbon, claiming the treaty unconstitutional. Gauweiler launched a similar challenge to the European Constitution in 2005, but after its failure the Constitutional Court made no ruling and a presidential signature was never given.^[1][2]

References[link]

External links[link]

• Peter Gauweiler, personal website
• Dr. Peter Gauweiler, CDU/CSU, German Bundestag
• Dr. Peter Gauweiler Dr. Peter Gauweiler, Official Facebook fan page
• Germany's Lisbon Treaty Ruling: Brussels Put Firmly in the Back Seat Spiegel International article on how Dr. Peter Gauweiler has persuaded Germany's highest court to restrict the scope and implementation of the Lisbon Treaty.

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Horst Seehofer
President of the Bundesrat
Incumbent
Assumed office 1 November 2011
Preceded by	Hannelore Kraft
Minister-President of Bavaria
Incumbent
Assumed office 27 October 2008
Deputy	Martin Zeil
Preceded by	Günther Beckstein
Chairman of the Christian Social Union
Incumbent
Assumed office 25 October 2008
Preceded by	Erwin Huber
Federal Minister of Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection
In office 22 November 2005 – 27 October 2008
Chancellor	Angela Merkel
Preceded by	Renate Künast
Succeeded by	Ilse Aigner
Federal Minister of Health
In office 6 May 1992 – 26 October 1998
Chancellor	Helmut Kohl
Preceded by	Gerda Hasselfeldt
Succeeded by	Andrea Fischer
Personal details
Born	(1949-07-04) 4 July 1949 (age 62) Ingolstadt, Bavaria, Germany
Political party	Christian Social Union
Spouse(s)	Karin Seehofer
Religion	Roman Catholic
Website	Official website

Horst Lorenz Seehofer (born 4 July 1949) is a German politician (CSU). He served as the Federal Minister for Health and Social Security from 1992 to 1998 and as the Federal Minister of Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection in the cabinet of Angela Merkel from 2005 to 2008. In October 2008 he became chairman of the CSU and Minister-President of Bavaria.^[1]

He is married to Karin Seehofer.

Federal Minister and Member of the Bundestag[link]

He has been a member of the Lower House of the German Parliament (Bundestag) in Germany since 1980. Horst Seehofer was Federal Minister for Health and Social Security from 1992 to 1998 in the cabinet of Helmut Kohl. He then became assistant chairman of the CDU/CSU parliamentary group of the Bundestag in October 1998. Because of his disagreement with flat-rate contributions (Gesundheitsprämie) to the federal health insurance he resigned from his post on 22 November 2004 but remained the assistant chairman of the CSU and kept his mandate. Since joining the Bundestag Horst Seehofer has kept his mandate as a directly elected delegate (Direktkandidat) from his Constituency Ingolstadt. At the 2005 federal election he received 65.9 percent of the votes in his district. Seehofer was appointed Federal Minister of Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection in the cabinet of Angela Merkel and stayed in office from 2005 to 2008.

Minister-President in Bavaria[link]

After his party lost more than 17% of the popular vote in the Bavarian state elections of 2008, incumbent Minister-President Günther Beckstein and Chairman of the CSU, Erwin Huber, announced their resignations.^[2][3] Seehofer was quickly proposed as their successor. At a party convention on 25 October he was affirmed as the new Chairman of the CSU with 90% of the votes, and on 27 October he was elected Minister-President by the Landtag with votes from the Free Democratic Party, forming the first coalition government in Bavaria since 1962.

During the term 2011–2012, Seehofer serves as President of the German Bundesrat. As such, he acted as acting head of state between Christian Wulff's resignation on 17 February 2012^{[4][5][6][7][8]} and the election of Joachim Gauck on 18 March 2012.

References[link]

External links[link]

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• Official Site of Seehofer
• Official Bavarian government website Biography of Horst Seehofer (German)

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Dorothee Bär
Dorothee Bär
National Deputy Secretary General of the C.S.U.  Germany
Chancellor	Angela Merkel
Personal details
Nationality	German
Political party	Christian Social Union of Bavaria
Alma mater	Free University of Berlin
Religion	Roman Catholic[1]
Website	dorothee-baer.de

Dorothee Bär (née Mantel, born April 19, 1978^[1] in Bamberg, Bavaria) is a German Politician that since 2009 serves as the National Deputy Secretary General of the Christian Social Union of Bavaria.

Early life[link]

M.P. Dorothee Bär, grew up in Ebelsbach, Landkreis Haßberge where she is still residing.^[1] She graduated from High School in Grayslake, Illinois in 1996 and from Franz-Ludwig-Gymnasium in Bamberg in 1999.^[1]

She studied Political Sciences at several Universities throughout Germany and received her Diploma in 2005 from Otto-Suhr-Institut of the Free University of Berlin.^[1] After her graduation, she worked as a journalist for several radio stations and newspapers.^[1]

Political career[link]

She started her political career in 1996 joining the Junge Union (Junior Party of the C.S.U.), while in 1994 she became a member of the C.S.U.. In 1999 she became a member of the Board of Directors of the Junge Union for the region of Lower Franconia. From 2001 to 2003 she served as the Chairperson of the Ring of the Christian Democratic Students (R.C.D.S.) of Bavaria, while in November 2008 she was elected as the Deputy National Chairperson of the Junge Union. In February 2009, she became the National Deputy Secretary General of the C.S.U.. She is a member of the German Parliament representing the Electoral District of Wahlkreis (#248) which comprises three Cities: Bad Kissingen, Rhön-Grabfeld, and Haßberge.^[2]

Personal life[link]

M.P. Dorothee Bär has been married with Dr. Oliver Bär and she has two daughters (2006 and 2011).^[2]

See also[link]

• List of Bavarian Christian Social Union politicians

References[link]

External links[link]

• Official Website of M.P. Dorothee Bär (German)
• M.P. Dorothee Bär in the Official Website of the German Parliament (German) - (English) - (French)
• M.P. Dorothee Bär in the Theo Catholic Magazine (German)
• M.P. Dorothee Bär in Handelsblatt (German)

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