- Gabriele Pauli
Gabriele Pauli (born on birth date and age|1957|6|26 in
Schweich ,Rhineland-Palatinate ,Germany ) is a German politician, formerly with the conservative Christian Social Union (CSU) party. She was the District Administrator for the rural district of Fürth from 1990 to 2008.Career
In
2006 and2007 , Pauli's open criticism ofEdmund Stoiber , minister-president of the German state ofBavaria and fellow CSU member, led to a crisis in the party which ultimately resulted in Stoiber’s resignation. [cite news |url= http://www.sueddeutsche.de/deutschland/artikel/671/98573/ |title= Von Stoibers Flucht aus Berlin bis zum Amtsverzicht |publisher=Süddeutsche Zeitung |date=18 January 2007 |accessdate=2007-12-26]On
21 September 2007 , Paulishocked theCatholic Germanstate by suggestingmarriage should expire after sevenyears , at which timecouples could thenextend or dissolve the marriage. [cite news |url= http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSHAR05782220070921?feedType=RSS |title= Glamorous Bavarian wants law to allow 7-year itch |author= Madeline Chambers |publisher= Reuters |date=21 September 2007 |accessdate=2007-12-26]She lost a run for the leadership of
Bavaria 'sChristian Social Union (CSU) party in anelection won byErwin Huber by a large margin. Pauli herself received only 2.5% of the votes. [cite news |url= http://www.tagesspiegel.de/politik/deutschland/CSU-Parteitag;art122,2390054 |title= Erwin Huber wird neuer CSU-Parteichef |publisher=Der Tagesspiegel |date=29 September 2007 |accessdate=2007-12-26]She left the CSU on 21 November 2007. [cite news |url= http://www.spiegel.de/politik/deutschland/0,1518,518758,00.html |title= Gabriele Pauli verlässt die CSU |publisher=
Der Spiegel |date=21 November 2007 |accessdate=2007-12-26] In June 2008 she joined the "Freie Wähler Bayern" (Independent voters association in Bavaria). She is one of the parties candidates for theLandtag of Bavaria at the parliamentary elections in the German federal state of Bavaria on 28 September 2008. [cite news |url= http://www.sueddeutsche.de/bayern/artikel/490/181926/ |title= Sicher nicht Frau Pauli |publisher=Süddeutsche Zeitung |date=23 June 2008 |accessdate=2008-09-15]References
External links
* [http://www.gabriele-pauli.de Official Home Page of Dr. Gabriele Pauli]
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