Gabriele Pauli
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2022}}
{{Short description|German politician}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Gabriele Pauli
| image = Gabriele Pauli (cropped).jpg
| office1 = Leader of the Freie Union Party
| term_start1 = 21 June 2009
| term_end1 = 27 May 2010
| predecessor1 = Position established
| successor1 = Helga M. Hummel
| office2 = Member of the Landtag of Bavaria
| term_start2 = 28 September 2008
| term_end2 = 15 September 2013
| predecessor2 =
| successor2 =
| office3 = District administrator of Fürth
| term_start3 = 1 May 1990
| term_end3 = 2 March 2008
| predecessor3 = Dietrich Sommerschuh
| successor3 = Matthias Dießl
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1957|6|26|df=y}}
| birth_place = Schweich, Germany
| death_date =
| death_place =
| party = CSU (1977–2007)
Freie Wähler (2008–2009)
Freie Union (2009–2010)
Independent (since 2010)
}}
Gabriele Pauli (born 26 June 1957) 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.
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.{{cite news|url=http://www.sueddeutsche.de/deutschland/artikel/671/98573/ |title=Von Stoibers Flucht aus Berlin bis zum Amtsverzicht |publisher=Süddeutsche Zeitung |date=18 January 2007 |access-date=26 December 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071111003743/http://www.sueddeutsche.de/deutschland/artikel/671/98573/ |archive-date=11 November 2007}}
On 21 September 2007, Pauli shocked the Catholic German state by suggesting marriage should expire after seven years, at which time couples could extend or dissolve the marriage.{{cite news |url= https://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSHAR05782220070921 |title= Glamorous Bavarian wants law to allow 7-year itch |author= Madeline Chambers |publisher= Reuters |date= 21 September 2007 |accessdate=26 December 2007}}
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.{{cite news |url= http://www.tagesspiegel.de/politik/deutschland/CSU-Parteitag;art122,2390054 |title= Erwin Huber wird neuer CSU-Parteichef |publisher= Der Tagesspiegel |date= 29 September 2007 |accessdate=26 December 2007}}
Pauli left the CSU on 21 November 2007.{{cite news |url= http://www.spiegel.de/politik/deutschland/0,1518,518758,00.html |title= Gabriele Pauli verlässt die CSU |publisher= Der Spiegel |date=21 November 2007 |accessdate=26 December 2007}} 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) in September 2008.{{cite news|url=http://www.sueddeutsche.de/bayern/artikel/490/181926/ |title=Sicher nicht Frau Pauli |publisher=Süddeutsche Zeitung |date=23 June 2008 |access-date=15 September 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080803175400/http://www.sueddeutsche.de/bayern/artikel/490/181926/ |archive-date=3 August 2008 }} Although Pauli was listed as candidate number 8 in Middle Franconia, 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 Middle Franconia. She then ran for the European Parliament in June 2009, but her party got only 1.7% of the votes across Germany.
Pauli finished her political career in 2016.Fürther Nachrichten: Schluss mit Politik: Gabriele Pauli verkauft jetzt Schmuck, 23 November 2016 [http://www.nordbayern.de/region/fuerth/schluss-mit-politik-gabriele-pauli-verkauft-jetzt-schmuck-1.5637804 online abrufbar]
References
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External links
- [http://www.gabriele-pauli.de/ Official website]
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Category:Christian Social Union in Bavaria politicians