Carl-Eduard von Bismarck
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Count Carl-Eduard von Bismarck (Carl-Eduard Otto Wolfgang Jayme Anders Graf von Bismarck-Schönhausen) (born February 16, 1961 in Zürich) is a German politician (CDU).
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[edit] Background and education
He is the grandson of the CDU politician Otto Christian Archibald, Fürst von Bismarck, the great-grandson of Prince Herbert von Bismarck and the great-great-grandson of German Chancellor Otto von Bismarck.
Following his Abitur in 1982 in Wentorf, he served in the military as an officer cadet, and from 1985 to 1989 he studied economics. In 1987 he married actress Laura Harring. The couple divorced in 1989 but still remain friends. Between 1989 and 1992, he worked for the company Investor Treuhand in Düsseldorf. Since 1993 he has worked for the Princely Bismarck Administration (Fürstlich von Bismarck'schen Verwaltung) in Friedrichsruh.
[edit] Political career
He became a member of the CDU in 1995, and was elected vice-chairman of the CDU in the Duchy of Lauenburg in 1999.
When Peter Harry Carstensen became Prime Minister of Schleswig-Holstein,Bismarck replaced him in the Bundestag, the German parliament.
In the 2005 federal election, he won his riding with 44.4% of the vote.
[edit] See also
- Count Gottfried von Bismarck-Schönhausen (brother)
- Otto von Bismarck
- Mona von Bismarck
