Monika Hohlmeier

Monika hollow Meier ( born July 2, 1962 in Munich) is a German politician of the CSU. From 6 October 1998 to 15 April 2005 she was the Bavarian Minister of Education and Culture. In the European elections 2009, she was elected to the European Parliament.

Education and Family

Monika hollow Meier is the daughter of the late Bavarian Prime Minister Franz Josef Strauss and his wife Marianne Strauss, born Zwicknagl. Her brothers are Max Josef Strauss ( b. 1959 ) and Franz Georg Strauss ( b. 1961 ). Monika hollow Meier was married ( in Munich born August 10, 1955) since 1982 with the auditor Michael Hohl Meier, with whom she has a daughter and a son. The couple lived in Vaterstetten. On November 13, 2013 Mrs. hollow Meier filed for divorce. She lives in Bad Season stone.

From 1968 to 1969 she attended primary school in Rott am Inn, from 1969 to 1972 the primary school at the Zielstattstraße in Munich, from 1972 until her high school graduation in 1981, the Dante -Gymnasium Munich. From 1981 to 1983 she trained as a hotel clerk in the Eden Hotel Wolff in Munich. From 1985 to 1986 she attended the Foreign Language Institute of the City of Munich (FIM ) with the language combination French and Spanish. Due to the birth of their daughter and their social duties to her father's side and in the Marianne Strauss Foundation, she left the FIM without audit. In 1988 she was awarded the Federal Cross of Merit.

Hollow Meier studied at the University of Hagen Economics, 2008, she graduated from the undergraduate level.

First Lady

After the death of her mother, Marianne Strauss in 1984, Monika Meier hollow took over the company of her father at official functions and duties of the First Lady of the Free State of Bavaria until his death in 1988.

Policy

In 1976 she entered, and in 1978 in the Junge Union in the CSU. In March 1990, she was elected to the municipal council of father Stetten ( 1990-1996), in September 1990 for the first time in the Bavarian Landtag. She was elected deputy party chairman of the CSU in 1993 and 2003 District Chairman of Munich. In 2004 she resigned after internal party disputes of this office.

Ministry of Culture

From 1993 to 1998 she was under Hans Zehetmair State Secretary at the Bavarian State Ministry of Education, Culture, Science and Art.

After the 1998 state elections, the former Ministry of Education, Culture, Science and Art was divided. Hollow Meier was appointed by Edmund Stoiber as Bavarian Minister of State for Education and Cultural Affairs. The main substantive stages of their work was the introduction of the six-level secondary school and the Middle - maturity trains to the main schools, the expansion of technical and vocational schools as an equal way to university after the intermediate certificate as well as the establishment of the first double qualifying vocational school ( vocational qualification school diploma ). Special attention was given to Germany far the establishment of the Foundation for Education Pact, a collaboration between the Bavarian State Ministry of Education and Culture and commercial enterprises, which aims to promote quality and innovation in education. In his government after the parliamentary election in 2003 Prime Minister Stoiber announced for Monika hollow Meier surprisingly, the immediate reduction of school days in the Bavarian grammar schools from nine to eight years, which means a school time reduction of 13 to twelve years along with four years of primary school. The subject matter of the high school should be shortened so that it is to create in eight instead of nine years. Affected are the students who are newly admitted to the school, and the student year of which was in the 5th grade in the school year 2003/2004.

A scheduled in autumn 2004 amendment of the learning material in which all the textbooks would have to be paid by the students, was dropped after massive protests parents and the threat of a referendum. It was replaced by a solution containing less strain on the budgets of families. From September 2005 to July 2008, a book allowance of 20 or 40 euros was raised by the students. The expected revenues were higher than the amount that the Free State of Bavaria until then spent for textbooks. In February 2004, the travel expenses grants for students have been challenged. These savings plans were not pursued by the opposition of the Bavarian parents association.

Criticism

The appointment of its spokesman Peter Brendel director of the school in parish churches brought hollow Meier in November 2004 in the headlines since allegations of favoritism were loud and the action of a competitor competitors led to a judicial review. The Regensburg Administrative Court declared the appointment initially ineffective. Since early 2005, the Ministry has met the requirements of the Administrative Court and Brendel has been confirmed as the headmaster. Furthermore, it is to her friend Monika Zeyer -Müller, daughter of Werner Zeyer, have promoted without adequate qualifications for the director of the largest Bavarian school, the Alexander -von- Humboldt -Gymnasium in Schweinfurt.

On 14 April 2005, the former JU functionary Maximilian Junker accused the minister of culture in the examination committee of the Bavarian parliament, to have early been aware of bogus membership applications and vote-buying in the Munich CSU (see Munich CSU affair): " Everyone knew who all standing up, which was the woman hollow Meier ". Then they also impacted the CSU chairman the Munich City Hall Hans Podiuk difficult: " An abyss of lies and deceit reveal themselves in the committee of inquiry ". As Podiuk is manifestly come fake membership applications on the track in December 2002, it had prevented the minister to take action against the counterfeiters Maximilian Junker. SPD and the Greens then renewed their calls for his resignation. After a conversation with Edmund Stoiber Monika hollow Meier resigned as Bavarian Minister of Education on 15 April 2005 from her post. On 20 April 2005 suggested Prime Minister Stoiber Eichstätt CSU Landtag Siegfried Schneider in the CSU parliamentary group as a successor hollow Meiers ago.

The couple hollow Meier ran from the late 1990s together in the criticism. Max Strauss had his brother- 1998 provides as a "controller " to the group of companies WABAG ( economic analysis and consulting corporation) in Oberhaching. But Michael Hohl Meier had " left the company after a short spell as an officer because he was convinced that eventually stops by the prosecutor ." From the end of 1999, the Munich prosecutor determined I against the WABAG on suspicion of fraud and embezzlement. Michael Hohl Meier worked now for the media group Ostrich friend Leo Kirch.

On 6 August 2004, the Münchner Merkur raised new allegations against Monika Meier hollow. Her ministry is said to have financed the expansion of the Visually Impaired Center Unterschleißheim for around 8.5 million euros, while her husband was there previously obtained the post of deputy director. Other school buildings fell at the same time the austerity victim. " Ministry spokesman Thomas Leitner height, however, denied any impropriety ," wrote the star after a dpa / Reuters report on 6 August 2004, " the promise for the extension " had " already existed before Michael Hohl Meier was changed in the setup. The Minister must set against a number of allegations, among others, due to possible entanglements of party and minister to defend himself for weeks. "

Following the resignation

On July 20, 2004 Monika hollow Meier announced that it would withdraw as District Chairman of the Munich CSU in September of the same year because of the " double burden as a Minister and as the CSU district boss" of their office. She was previously advised by allegations from the CSU, she was deep in the "Munich CSU affair" involved, under pressure. In an emergency meeting of the Munich CSU leadership on 16 July 2004 Monika hollow Meier had also " threatened their intra-party opponents in order to use dossiers on them, tell participants. With the words, so, against every one of you there is what ' they 've added a green plastic folder on the table. " When this became known to the public, they had to give to their Vice Otmar Bernhard Munich CSU presidency on 23 July 2004. A prosecutorial investigation to their potentially criminal activity, however, remained hollow Meier spared because of their parliamentary immunity.

Calls for his resignation and evidence that this affair was a minister for Education, which requires as a role model very detrimental, remained without a corresponding reaction. In particular, Prime Minister Edmund Stoiber was accused of hesitation: "In terms of hollow Meier Stoiber has now, however, a very long silence - too long, many see the CSU ." But the end of 2004, " the air is thin now also in our own ranks ." " Shortly before the parliamentary inquiry against hollow Meier criticized Edmund Stoiber their educational policies unusually sharp. The Munich CSU Board should also press for her resignation as Minister. " Four months later, is the intermediate title in a market report " Stoiber is backing a ".

In June 2005, the CSU parliamentary group Monika hollow Meier refused a seat on the Budget Committee, the instead of the Lower Bavarian MPs Bernd Sibler (born 1971 ) received. Agronomist Maximilian Lehmer (* 1946) has been prepared by his party for the electoral district of Erding Ebersberg.

On 29 July 2005 Monika hollow Meier dismissed all allegations before the investigation committee of the Bavarian state parliament in connection with internal party election fraud of himself: " You have neither of electoral fraud in the Munich CSU supports even blackmailed party colleagues, hollow Meier said partial tears. You have driven the elucidation of choice affair, but the Munich CSU is a Intrigante barn 'in which, just plain fraud and intrigue prevailed .' "

Monika hollow Meier told the press on July 31, 2005 by fax that they had left the Munich CSU District Association and is changed to the local chapter of residence Vaterstetten: " In the letter it says, after consultation with the district chairman Christa Stewens and Upper Bavaria they 've already decided weeks ago to finish their work in the Munich district association according to the statement to the inquiry district chairman Alois Glück. They will however continue to be the citizens in their voting district Milbertshofen, of course, as MPs who fights with undiminished vigor for their needs, available '. "

Return to politics

In the spring of 2006 is as hollow Monika Meier the opportunity to " carefully re-entry into active politics " to try. After Otmar Bernhard was appointed in December 2005 to the Bavarian Environment Secretary, he gave in January 2006 to his seat in the influential Budget Committee. Monika hollow Meier moved to the coveted post by: " She is rarely in the headlines. The deceptive: once the plan is the 43 -year-old on the stony way back into the first row. "

On 12 May 2006 designed hollow Monika Meier, the testimony before the committee of inquiry named after her appearance as a high media attention. She was questioned about irregularities in the organization of the Bavarian culture program for the Football World Cup 2006 (see " Task Force " affair). Your offensive dealing with the charges brought forward and criticism, which she did at a group meeting at the CSU policy in Berlin, gave to internal party speculations: "More and more colleagues believe the Strauss daughter a political comeback; they have inherited the endurance qualities of the Pope. "

In the state elections in Bavaria 2008, she ran after 18 years of Deputies activity as a list candidate for the district of Upper Bavaria back to the Bavarian Parliament, but failed due to poor election results of the CSU, although they started in 10th place, was the fourth most second votes.

European Parliament

Monika hollow Meier was the top candidate of the CSU District Association of Upper Franconia in the European elections of 2009. At times, she was also a list leader of the entire CSU European list in conversation.

On 7 June 2009 hollow Meier was elected to the European Parliament.

The EU Parliament is hollow Meier member of the budget committee, the special committee on organized crime, corruption and money laundering and the Delegation for relations with the People's Republic of China. As a deputy she is in the Budgetary Control, the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs and the Delegation for relations with the Palestinian Legislative Council.

Awards and Affiliations

Monika hollow Meier was honored on May 13, 1988 with the Federal Cross of Merit. On 20 June 2001 she was awarded the Bavarian Order of Merit. She is patron of the German Multiple Sclerosis Society, National Association of Bavaria ( DMSG ), founder and vice chairman of Marianne Strauss Foundation, Member of the Board of Pfennigparade Foundation, chairman of the National Committee of the willingness the Bavarian Red Cross, Board Member of the Bavarian Red Cross, Foundation President of the Council the Foundation Bavarian memorials as well as Member of the Board of the German Hospice Foundation.

In November 2006, hollow Meier abandoned after protests by the opposition parliament on the planned award of the Bavarian Constitution Medal. It is awarded by the Bavarian state parliament to persons who have rendered outstanding services to the Bavarian constitution. Member of Parliament received the medal usually after twelve years on the Bavarian state parliament. Landtagspräsident Alois Glück accepted the waiver.

From 1999 to early 2007, she was a member of the Supervisory Board of TSV 1860 Munich. Since 2001, she was also on the board of limited partnership of the Association. She was accused of just watched at the negative financial performance of the organization, rather than to have acted, after which the relief was denied her as a member of the Supervisory Board with 77:90 votes in the Assembly of Delegates of 2 December 2006. On 8 February 2007, she resigned from their club offices.

On June 4, 2013 hollow Meier ran for a directorship of BayWa. She was elected at the AGM.