Barbara Otte-Kinast

Barbara Otte-Kinast
Minister of Food, Agriculture, Consumer Protection of Lower Saxony
In office
22 November 2017 – 8 November 2022
Preceded byChristian Meyer
Succeeded byMiriam Staudte
Personal details
Born (1964-09-18) 18 September 1964 (age 60)
Ehmen, Germany
Political partyChristian Democratic Union
SpouseJürgen Kinast
Children3

Barbara Otte-Kinast (born 18 September 1964 in Ehmen) is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who has been serving as a member of the State Parliament of Lower Saxony since the 2022 elections.

Political career

From 2017 to 2022, Otte-Kinast served as State Minister of Food, Agriculture, Consumer Protection and State Development in the cabinet of Minister-President Stephan Weil. In this capacity, she was one of the state's representatives at the Bundesrat, where she served on the Committee on Agricultural Policy and Consumer Protection.[1]

During her time in office, Otte-Kinast oversaw the government’s response to a 2022 outbreak of the African swine fever virus in the state, which is Germany's most important pig rearing region.[2]

Otte-Kinast was nominated by her party as delegate to the Federal Convention for the purpose of electing the President of Germany in 2022.[3]

References

  1. ^ Barbara Otte-Kinast Bundesrat.
  2. ^ Michael Hogan (3 July 2022), [Germany has two more African swine fever cases in farm pigs, ministry says] Reuters.
  3. ^ Drucksache 18/10450: Niedersächsische Mitglieder der 17. Bundesversammlung am 13. Februar 2022 State Parliament of Lower Saxony.
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