Barbara Otte-Kinast Explained

Barbara Otte-Kinast
Office:Minister of Food, Agriculture, Consumer Protection of Lower Saxony
Predecessor:Christian Meyer
Successor:Miriam Staudte
Term Start:22 November 2017
Term End:8 November 2022
Birth Date:18 September 1964
Birth Place:Ehmen, Germany
Party:Christian Democratic Union
Spouse:Jürgen Kinast
Children:3

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

Notes and References

  1. https://www.bundesrat.de/SharedDocs/personen/DE/laender/ni/otte-kinast-barbara.html Barbara Otte-Kinast
  2. Michael Hogan (3 July 2022), [Germany has two more African swine fever cases in farm pigs, ministry says] Reuters.
  3. https://www.landtag-niedersachsen.de/drucksachen/drucksachen_18_12500/10001-10500/18-10450.pdf Drucksache 18/10450: Niedersächsische Mitglieder der 17. Bundesversammlung am 13. Februar 2022