Horst Seehofer

**Horst Lorenz Seehofer** (born 4 July 1949 in Ingolstadt) is a German conservative politician (CSU).  He was the Federal Minister for Health and Social Security from 1992 to 1998 and the Federal Minister of Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection from 2005 to 2008. In October 2008 he became chairman of the CSU and Minister-President of Bavaria. In 2011/12 he served as President of the Bundesrat.

## Infobox (officeholder)

- **name**: Horst Seehofer
- **image**: 12-07-17-landtagsprojekt-bayern-RalfR-001.jpg
- **office**: Federal Ministry of the Interior, Building and Community, Federal Minister of the Interior, Building and Community
- **chancellor**: Angela Merkel
- **term start**: 14 March 2018
- **term end**: 8 December 2021
- **predecessor**: Thomas de Maizière
- **successor**: Nancy Faeser
Klara Geywitz
- **office1**: Leader of the Christian Social Union in Bavaria, Leader of the Christian Social Union
- **term start1**: 25 October 2008
- **term end1**: 19 January 2019
- **predecessor1**: Erwin Huber
- **successor1**: Markus Söder
- **1namedata1**: Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg
Alexander Dobrindt
Andreas Scheuer
Markus Blume
- **office2**: President of Germany, Head of State of Germany
- **status2**: Acting
- **chancellor2**: Angela Merkel
- **term start2**: 17 February 2012
- **term end2**: 18 March 2012
- **predecessor2**: Christian Wulff
- **successor2**: Joachim Gauck
- **office3**: President of the German Bundesrat, President of the Bundesrat
- **term start3**: 1 November 2011
- **term end3**: 31 October 2012
- **predecessor3**: Hannelore Kraft
- **successor3**: Winfried Kretschmann
- **office4**: List of Ministers-President of Bavaria, Minister President of Bavaria
- **deputy4**: Martin Zeil
Ilse Aigner
- **term start4**: 27 October 2008
- **term end4**: 13 March 2018
- **predecessor4**: Günther Beckstein
- **successor4**: Markus Söder
- **office5**: Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture (Germany), Federal Minister of Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection
- **chancellor5**: Angela Merkel
- **term start5**: 22 November 2005
- **term end5**: 27 October 2008
- **predecessor5**: Renate Künast
- **successor5**: Ilse Aigner
- **office6**: Federal Ministry of Health (Germany), Federal Minister of Health
- **chancellor6**: Helmut Kohl
- **term start6**: 6 May 1992
- **term end6**: 26 October 1998
- **predecessor6**: Gerda Hasselfeldt
- **successor6**: Andrea Fischer
- **office7**: Member of the German Bundestag, Member of the Bundestag
 for Ingolstadt (electoral district), Ingolstadt
- **term start7**: 1980 West German federal election, 4 November 1980
- **term end7**: 27 October 2008
- **predecessor7**: Karl Heinz Gierenstein
- **successor7**: Reinhard Brandl
- **office8**: Member of the Landtag of Bavaria
 for Neuburg-Schrobenhausen
- **term start8**: 2013 Bavarian state election, 7 October 2013
- **term end8**: 30 April 2018
- **predecessor8**: _Constituency established_
- **successor8**: Matthias Enghuber
- **birth name**: Horst Lorenz Seehofer
- **birth place**: Ingolstadt, Bavaria, West Germany
- **party**: Christian Social Union in Bavaria, Christian Social Union
- **spouse**: Karin Seehofer
- **children**: 4
- **signature**: Signature of Horst Seehofer.png
- **caption**: Seehofer in 2012