Gabriele Pauli

Gabriele Pauli (born on (1957-06-26) 26 June 1957 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.

Gabriele Pauli
Leader of the Freie Union Party
In office
21 June 2009 – 27 May 2010
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byHelga M. Hummel
Member of the Landtag of Bavaria
In office
28 September 2008 – 15 September 2013
District administrator of Fürth
In office
1 May 1990 – 2 March 2008
Preceded byDietrich Sommerschuh
Succeeded byMatthias Dießl
Personal details
Born (1957-06-26) 26 June 1957
Schweich
Political partyCSU (1977-2007)
Freie Wähler (2008-2009)
Freie Union (2009-2010)
Independent (since 2010)

Career

In 2006 and 2007, Pauli's open criticism of Edmund Stoiber, fellow CSU member and minister-president of the German state of Bavaria, led to a crisis in the party which ultimately resulted in Stoiber's resignation.[1]

On 21 September 2007, Pauli shocked the Catholic German state by suggesting marriage should expire after seven years, at which time couples could then extend or dissolve the marriage.[2]

She lost a run for the leadership of Bavaria's CSU party in an election won by Erwin Huber by a large margin. Pauli herself received only 2.5% of the votes.[3]

She left the CSU on 21 November 2007.[4] In June 2008 she joined the Freie Wähler Bayern (Independent Voters Association of Bavaria). She was one of the party's candidates for the parliament of the state of Bavaria (Landtag of Bavaria) on 28 September 2008.[5] Although she was listed as candidate number 8 in Central Franconia (Mittelfranken), she was ranked first by the region's voters (Bavaria has an open-list system), making her one of the two Independent Voters Association candidates elected from Central Franconia. She then ran for the European Parliament on 7 June 2009, but her party got only 1.7% of the votes across Germany.

She finished her political career in 2016.[6]

References
  1. "Von Stoibers Flucht aus Berlin bis zum Amtsverzicht". Süddeutsche Zeitung. 18 January 2007. Archived from the original on 11 November 2007. Retrieved 2007-12-26.
  2. Madeline Chambers (21 September 2007). "Glamorous Bavarian wants law to allow 7-year itch". Reuters. Retrieved 2007-12-26.
  3. "Erwin Huber wird neuer CSU-Parteichef". Der Tagesspiegel. 29 September 2007. Retrieved 2007-12-26.
  4. "Gabriele Pauli verlässt die CSU". Der Spiegel. 21 November 2007. Retrieved 2007-12-26.
  5. "Sicher nicht Frau Pauli". Süddeutsche Zeitung. 23 June 2008. Archived from the original on 3 August 2008. Retrieved 2008-09-15.
  6. Fürther Nachrichten: Schluss mit Politik: Gabriele Pauli verkauft jetzt Schmuck, 23 November 2016 online abrufbar
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