Ilse Aigner

Ilse Aigner
Deputy Minister-President of Bavaria Bavarian Minister for Economic Affairs, Media, Energy and Technology
Incumbent
Assumed office 10 October 2013
Minister-President	Horst Seehofer
Preceded by	Martin Ziel
Minister of Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection
In office 10 October 2009 – 30 September 2013
Chancellor	Angela Merkel
Preceded by	Horst Seehofer
Succeeded by	Hans-Peter Friedrich (Food and Agriculture) Heiko Maas (Justice and Consumer Protection)
Personal details
Born	(1964-12-07) 7 December 1964 Feldkirchen-Westerham, West Germany (now Germany)
Political party	Christian Social Union
Religion	Roman Catholicism

Ilse Aigner (born 7 December 1964) is a German politician and member of the Christian Social Union of Bavaria (CSU).

Aigner was born in Feldkirchen-Westerham, Rosenheim, Bavaria and entered Angela Merkel's grand coalition cabinet as Federal Minister of Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection on 31 October 2008. She succeeded Horst Seehofer who had become minister president of Bavaria. She left her position on 30 September 2013 after being elected as a member of the Bavarian parliament. Since 10 October 2013 she is Deputy Minister-President of Bavaria and Bavarian Minister of Economic Affairs; and Media, Energy and Technology.

Education and professional background

Aigner completed a professional training as a telecommunications technician in 1985 and joined the electrical installation business of her parents. In 1990 she graduated from the technical academy with the degree of a State Certified Engineer and worked for several years for Eurocopter in the development of helicopter electric systems.

Legislator

Aigner was elected first in 1994 to the Bavarian State Parliament. Since 1998 she is a member of the German Bundestag, winning always an absolute majority of the votes in her electoral district. Aigner has been outspoken in her criticisms of Facebook. She feels that Facebook needs to do more with its settings to protect its users' privacy .

Facebook

For years, Ilse Aigner has been fighting for higher privacy standards in Facebook and other social networks.^[1] In September 2011, Aigner asked all federal ministers in Germany not to use Facebook for public relations and communication.

References

Further reading

• (German) Ilse Aigner, Offener Brief an Zuckerberg, "Privates muss privat bleiben", Spiegel Online 2010, April 5, 2010.

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First Merkel Cabinet (2005–2009) Angela Merkel (CDU) Franz Müntefering/Olaf Scholz (since 22 Nov 2007) (SPD) Frank-Walter Steinmeier (SPD) Wolfgang Schäuble (CDU) Brigitte Zypries (SPD) Peer Steinbrück (SPD) Michael Glos/Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg (since 10 Feb 2009) (CSU) Horst Seehofer/Ilse Aigner (since 31 Oct 2008) (CSU) Franz Josef Jung (CDU) Ursula von der Leyen (CDU) Ulla Schmidt (SPD) Wolfgang Tiefensee (SPD) Sigmar Gabriel (SPD) Annette Schavan (CDU) Heidemarie Wieczorek-Zeul (SPD) Thomas de Maizière (CDU)