Dr. Karl Arthur Lange was born in Munich on February 25, 1881. After completing secondary school and serving in the military, he studied law and economics. Following his justice and administrative service exam, he occupied a temporary position in the regional government of Upper Bavaria. From 1909 to 1914 he worked as a lawyer and legal advisor for the brewery associations of Bavaria and Munich. Dr. Lange then served in the military for four years during World War I. In 1918, he joined the Löwenbräu Munich board of directors, which he chaired from 1941 onward. Dr. Karl Arthur Lange was Bavaria’s first post-WWII State Minister for Economic Affairs. He was a member of the CSU. He passed away in 1947.

Prof. Ludwig Erhard was born in Fürth on February 4, 1897. He studied business administration, economics and sociology. After working as an academic assistant, he became the head of the Institute for Economic Observation at Nuremberg Commercial College and later led the Institute for Industrial Research. In October of 1945, he was instated as the Bavarian State Minister for Economic Affairs by the American occupying forces.  He held this office until December of 1946. After this, he was an honorary professor at the University of Munich, chairman of the Sonderstelle Geld und Kredit [Special Department for Money and Credit], as well as director of Economics for the Combined Economic Area. Prof. Dr. Ludwig Erhard was a member of the German Bundestag from 1949 until 1977. Known as the “father of the social market economy,” he served as the Federal Minister of Economics from September 20, 1949 to October 15, 1963. He was Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany from October 16, 1963 until November 30, 1966.  From 1966 to 1967, he served as chairman of the CDU [Christian Democratic Union]. Prof. Ludwig Erhard died on May 5, 1977. 

Dr. Rudolf Zorn was born in Kempten on December 24, 1893. After studying law and political science, he joined the Bavarian administrative service. He held the position of senior regional clerk in Lichtenfels from 1926 to 1927. As a member of the SPD [Social Democratic Party], he was elected mayor of Oppau (Palatinate) in 1927, which has been incorporated into the city of Ludwigshafen. After leaving the mayorship in 1933, he worked in the private sector until the end of World War II. In 1946, Dr. Rudolf Zorn became the head of the newly created Bavarian Regional Office for the Administration of Resources and Redevelopment. Following his tenure as Minister for Economic Affairs, he held various other posts including a position as an executive board member of what was then called Bayerische Gemindebank. He held this position until he eventually joined the Bavarian Cabinet as State Minister of Finance, a position he held from January 3, 1951 to June 19, 1951. He died on January 21, 1966.

Michael Helmerich was born in Amberg on April 6, 1885. He learned the book printing trade and started working for the Bayerische Staatsbahn [Bavarian State Railway] in 1911. He was a workers’ representative in the Bavarian Rail Workers Union, an organisation that he chaired from 1930 to 1933. He was also a member of the German Reichstag during the same period. Following his political persecution and release from a concentration camp, he had already returned to being a staff representative at the Munich Railway Directorate in 1945. During his tenure as Bavarian State Minister for Transport, Michael Helmerich was a member of the Bavarian State Constitutional Assembly. A CSU [Christian Social Union] politician, he was a member of the Bavarian State Parliament from 1950 to 1966. He died on June 8, 1974. 

Otto Frommknecht was born in Grünenbach on November 17, 1881. Upon completion of secondary school he studied at Munich Technical University. He started working as a civil engineering specialist for the Bavarian State Railways (later the German Reich Railway) in 1909. From 1919 to 1933, he was a member of the Bayerische Volkspartei [Bavarian People’s Party]. After spending one year in prison for political reasons, he worked in the private sector until the end of World War II. In 1945, Otto Frommknecht was appointed a department head of the Munich Railway Directorate where he last served as of department president. A member of the CSU [Christian Social Union], Otto Frommknecht was the Bavarian State Minister for Transport from January 10, 1947 to December 18, 1950. He passed away on August 16, 1969.

Dr. Hanns Seidel was born in Schweinheim on October 12,1901. After studying German literature, law, and economics at university, he worked as a lawyer in Aschaffenburg. He served as the Aschaffenburg county district commissioner from October 12, 1945 to September 20, 1947. A CSU politician, he was a member of the Bavarian State Constitutional Assembly and served temporarily as its first state chairman. He also later joined the Bavarian Landtag in its first legislative period in 1946 and remained a member until his death on August 5, 1961. He played a crucial role in determining Bavaria’s destiny during the first post-war reconstruction phase: as State Minister for Economic Affairs, and as the Minister responsible for transport beginning on October 1, 1952, as well as in his role as Minister-President of Bavaria from October 16, 1957 to January 26, 1960. 

Dr. Hans Ehard was born in Bamberg on 10 November 1887. After law school, he joined the Bavarian Judicial Service as a public prosecutor, and in 1933, he became Senate President of the Munich Oberlandesgericht [Higher Regional Court]. Following World War II, he was the first Secretary of State in the Bavarian State Ministry of Justice from 1945 to 1946. He was also a member of the Bavarian State Constitutional Assembly in 1946. Dr. Hans Ehard served as the Minister-President of Bavaria from 21 December 1946 to 14 December 1954 and from 26 January 1960 to 11 December 1962. During this period, he was also the President of the Bundesrat [Federal Council of Constituent States] from 8 September 1950 to 7 September 1951 and from 27 October 1961 to 26 October 1962. From 14 December 1954 to 26 January 1960 he held the office of President of the Bavarian Landtag. As Bavarian Minister-President, Dr. Hans Ehard also held the position of State Minister for Transport from 9 January 1951 to 1 October 1952. A CSU politician, he was a member of the Bavarian Landtag from 1946 to 5 December 1966. He served as Bavarian State Minister of Justice during his last legislative period from 11 December 1962 to 5 December 1966. Dr. Hans Ehard was also chairman of the CSU state executive from 1949 to 1955 and the president of the Bavarian Red Cross for many years. He died on 18 October 1980.

Otto Bezold was born in Würzburg on 27 May 1899. After studying art history, literature and history, he went on to study law and national economics. In 1930, he started his professional career as a public prosecutor and held various positions in the justice system before eventually being appointed Senate President of the Munich Oberlandesgericht in 1954. Otto Bezold was a member of the Bavarian Landtag from 1946 to 1966 and from 1970 to 1974. He was chairman of the FDP parliamentary group and served as 2nd Vice-President of the Landtag from 1962 to 1966. Otto Bezold was the Bavarian State Minister for Economic Affairs and Transport from 14 December 1954 to 16 October 1957. He subsequently held the office of State Minister of the Interior until 9 December 1958. He passed away on 14 November 1984.

Dr. Otto Schedl was born in Sinzing near Regensburg on 10 December 1912. After high school, he studied philosophy, literature, and art history, and he completed his PhD in 1941. Following his military service and release from a prisoner-of-war camp after World War II, he served as county district commissioner for the county of Neumarkt (Upper Palatinate) from 1948 to 1957. He participated in establishing the CSU and was one of the party’s first secretaries-general. Dr. Otto Schedl was a member of the Bavarian Landtag from 1950 to 1974. After over 13 years as Bavarian State Minister for Economic Affairs and Transport, Dr. Otto Schedl served as Bavarian State Minister of Finance from 8 December 1970 until he withdrew from the Cabinet on 22 February 1972. From 11 March 1969 to 22 February 1972, he was also the Deputy Minister-President of Bavaria. Dr. Otto Schedl died on 8 June 1995. 

Anton Jaumann was born in Belzheim (Ries) on 5 December 1927. After studying theology, economics and law, he ran his own law firm in Munich from 1957 to 1966. From 1958 to 1963 he was also the managing director of the Bavarian Association of Wholesalers and Exporters. Anton Jaumann was a member of the Bavarian Landtag from 1958 to 1990. He also held the office of CSU secretary-general from 1963 to 1967. From 5 December 1966 to 8 December 1970, he held the post of Secretary of State in the Bavarian Ministry of Finance and subsequently served as Bavarian State Minister for Economic Affairs and Transport. Anton Jaumann passed away on 23 January 1994.

Gerold Tandler was born in Reichenberg (Sudetenland) on 12 August 1936. A banker by profession, he worked as a deputy branch manager at Bayerische Vereinsbank. As a CSU politician, he was chairman of the Young Christian Democrats county executive in Altötting, chairman of the Young Christian Democrats regional executive in Upper Bavaria, municipal chairman in Neuötting, county councillor for the county of Altötting, city councillor in Neuötting, and secretary-general of the CSU from 1983 to 1988. Gerold Tandler was a member of the Bavarian Landtag from 1970 to 1991. Following his tenure as Bavarian State Minister of the Interior from November 1978 to October 1982, he assumed the office of chairman of the CSU parliamentary group in the Bavarian Landtag, which he held from October 1982 to June 1988. After subsequently spending four months as Bavarian State Minister for Economic Affairs and Transport, he served as Bavarian State Minister of Finance from October 1988 to October 1990. Following his departure from the Landtag, Gerold Tandler transitioned to the Linde AG board of directors and worked in this capacity until he retired in 2001.

Dr. h. c. August R. Lang was born in Eslarn (Upper Palatinate) on 26 February 1929. After studying law and economics, he worked as a lawyer. In addition to his position as a Weiden city council member, he was chairman of the CSU regional executive for the Upper Palatinate and a member of the CSU state executive. Dr. h. c. August R. Lang became a member of the Bavarian Landtag in 1970, and he chaired the CSU parliamentary group in the Bavarian Landtag from 1974 to 1982. He served as Bavarian State Minister of Justice from 1982 to 1986, and from 1986 to 1988, he was the Bavarian State Minister of the Interior. Following this, he held the position of Bavarian State Minister for Economic Affairs and Transport. Dr. h. c. August Richard Lang died on 29 September 2004.

Dr. Otto Wiesheu was born in Zolling (district of Freising) on 31 October 1944. After studying law at the University of Munich and earning his PhD at the University of Würzburg, he worked as an independent attorney at law. In 1972, he was elected to the Freising District Council for the first time and remained a member until 2005. He was the county chairman from 1979 onward. Dr. Otto Wiesheu was a member of the CSU party presidium, CSU state executive and the CSU regional executive in Upper Bavaria from 1975 to 2005. In 1974, he became a member of the Bavarian Landtag. In the Bavarian State Government, he served as Secretary of State in the Bavarian State Ministry of Education, Cultural Affairs, Science and the Arts from 1990 to 1993. Following his long tenure as Bavarian State Minister of Economic Affairs from 1993 to 2005, Dr. Otto Wiesheu transitioned to the Deutsche Bahn AG board of directors. He left his position there in 2009 and was subsequently elected as president of Bavaria’s Economic Advisory Council.

Erwin Huber was born in Reisbach, Lower Bavaria on July 26, 1946. He began his professional career in 1963 in the Bavarian Financial Administration. Alongside his job, he attended further education evening classes and then studied economics at Munich University. He was regional chairman of the CSU (Christian Social Union) party in Lower Bavaria from 1993 to 2008. Since 1978, he has been a member of the Bavarian State Parliament. From 1987 to 1988, Erwin Huber was deputy secretary-general of the CSU and from 1988 to 1994 secretary general of the party. From September 2007 to October 2008 he was CSU party chairman. He was a member of the Bavarian State Government from 1994 to October 2008. In 1994, Erwin Huber was appointed State Minister and Head of the Bavarian State Chancellery. He held the office of Bavarian State Minister of Finance from 1995 to 1998, and was State Minister and Head of the Bavarian State Chancellery from 1998 to 2003. From 2003, he held the position of Head of the Bavarian State Chancellery and State Minister for Federal Affairs and Administrative Reform. From 2005 to 2007, Erwin Huber was Bavarian State Minister of Economic Affairs, Infrastructure, Transport and Technology, and then from October 2007 to October 2008, again Bavarian State Minister of Finance. Since then, he has been chairman of the Committee of Economic Affairs, Infrastructure, Transport and Technology in the Bavarian State Parliament.

Emilia Müller was born in Schwandorf on September 28, 1951. As a state-certified chemical technologist, she worked first at the Max Planck Institute for Cellular Chemistry in Munich and then at the University of Regensburg. She began her political career in the CSU (Christian Social Union) party on local level as councillor in the town of Bruck in the Upper Palatinate and as county councillor in the County of Schwandorf. Since 2008, she has been CSU regional chairwoman for the Upper Palatinate. As a member of the European Parliament, she represented the interests of the Upper Palatinate in Brussels from 1999 to 2003. Emilia Müller has been a member of the Bavarian State Government since 2003 – up to 2005 as State Secretary in the Bavarian State Ministry of the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Protection and then as Bavarian State Minister for Federal and European Affairs. From 2007 to 2008, Emilia Müller was Bavarian State Minister of Economic Affairs, Infrastructure, Transport and Technology. Since October 2008, she has been State Minister for Federal and European Affairs in the Bavarian State Chancellery.

Martin Zeil was born in Munich on April 28, 1956 and grew up in Gauting. After studying law, he joined the Legal Department of a private bank in Munich in 1984. One year later, he was admitted as a lawyer at Starnberg Local Court. As an FDP politician, Martin Zeil was county chairman from 2001 to 2005 in the County of Starnberg. From 2007 to 2009, he was secretary general of the FDP party in Bavaria. Martin Zeil has been a member of the FDP state executive since 2000 and deputy chairman of the party in Bavaria since February 2009. He was second Mayor of the Municipality of Gauting from 2002 to 2005. From 2005 to 2008, Martin Zeil was a member of the German Bundestag and worked on the Committee of Economics and Technology. From 2008 to 2013, he has been a member of the Bavarian State Parliament and Bavarian State Minister of Economic Affairs, Infrastructure, Transport and Technology as well as Deputy Minister-President of Bavaria.

Ilse Aigner was born in Feldkirchen-Westerham on December 7, 1964 and raised in Bad Aibling. She started off with her career with a vocational training as a radio and TV technician culminating in a journeyman’s certificate. Then she gained professional experience in her parents' electrical business until she went to a specialised technical college from 1988 until 1990 and qualified as a state-certified electrical technician. Afterwards, she worked in the development of system electronics for helicopters at Eurocopter. In 1990 she also started her political career on the local level in the CSU. 1994 she became member of the Bavarian State Parliament. Here she worked in the Committee on Education, Youth and Sport, the Committee on Submissions and Complaints and the Advisory Council on Sport. In 1998 she became member of the Federal German Parliament. Here she acted as spokesperson in the Study Commission on the Future of Civic Activities, as member of the Budget Committee as well as Deputy Chair of the CSU Group. From 2008 until 2013 she was in office as Federal Minister of Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection. On September 15, 2013 she was again elected member of the Bavarian State Parliament and became Bavarian State Minister of Economic Affairs and Media, Energy and Technology as well as Deputy Minister-President of Bavaria.

Franz Josef Pschierer was born in Haunstetten on July 1, 1956. After studying politics and social sciences at the University of Augsburg, he worked from 1984 until 1986 in the press and public relations department of the Chamber of Crafts for Swabia in Augsburg. He then worked as an editor for "Deutsche Handwerks Zeitung", before he was appointed deputy editor-in-chief in 1989. Franz Josef Pschierer started his political career in 1994 when he became elected member of the Bavarian State Parliament. From 2003 until 2008, he was chairman of the Committee of Economic Affairs, Infrastructure, Transport and Technology. Since 1996, Franz Josef Pschierer is county councillor of Unterallgäu, since 2013 chairman of the CSU unit Unterallgäu. From 2008 until 2013 he was State Secretary in the Bavarian Ministry of Finance and from 2009 on CIO in the Bavarian State Government. He then worked until 2018 as State Secretary in the Bavarian Ministry of Economic Affairs and Media, Energy and Technology. From March 21, 2018 until November 12, 2018, Franz Josef Pschierer was Bavarian State Minister of Economic Affairs, Energy and Technology.

Hubert Aiwanger was born in Ergoldsbach on January 26, 1971. After completing his national service at the Federal Armed Forces, he studied agriculture from 1991 to 1995 at the University of Applied Sciences Weihenstephan with a scholarship of the Hanns Seidel foundation. From 2008 until 2018, Hubert Aiwanger was chairman of the Freie Wähler Landtag parliamentary party. Since 2008 he is member of the Bavarian State Parliament. In addition to his function as regional party leader and federal chairman of the Freie Wähler, since 2008, he is member of the town council of Rottenburg an der Laaber and member of the district assembly of Landshut. Since November 12, 2018, Hubert Aiwanger is Deputy Minister-President of Bavaria and Bavarian State Minister for Economic Affairs, Regional Development and Energy.