 max streibl (january 6, 1932 in oberammergau â december 11, 1998 in munich) was a german politician of the csu party and former minister president of bavaria. ==life== max streibel was born in oberammergau in 1932, where his parents owned a hotel business. he married his wife irmingard in 1960 and they had one daughter and two sons. after going to school in ettal, he studied law in munich, graduating in 1955. he worked in garmisch-partenkirchen, and later, at the german bundesrat in bonn and joint the local government of the region of upper bavaria in 1960. from 1961, he worked for the state government and began to rise in the ranks of the csu. from 1961 to 1967, he led the junge union, the young union, an organisation of his party aimed at young, new members. he became a member of the bavarian landtag in 1962, a position he held until 1994, when he retired. he was then the general secretary of the party from 1967 to 1970. max streibl served as bavarian minister for the environment (1970â1977), a newly formed ministry, and for finance (1977â1988). after the sudden death of franz josef strauÃ in 1988, max streibl succeeded him as ministerprÃ¤sident of bavaria on 19 october 1988. max streibl was deeply rooted in catholicism, but soon became unpopular because of alleged bribery (he was paid holiday trips by burkhart grob, the chairman of an aircraft producing companygermans cancel big u.s. purchase the new york times, 4 february 1993, accessed: 10 may 2008). because of this so-called "amigo-affair",germany-government and politics encyclopÃ¦dia britannica online, accessed: 10
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