Mourning in the Bavarian state parliament: CSU politician Barbara Stamm died at the age of 77 after a long illness.
The former chairwoman of the Bavarian state parliament, Barbara Stamm, is dead. The state parliament announced this on Wednesday morning, citing Stamm’s family circle. Stamm died on Wednesday at the age of 77 after a long illness. Stamm headed the Bavarian state parliament from 2008 to 2018. She was the first woman to hold this office.
She was a member of the state parliament for a total of 42 years and was also a member of the state government for more than 13 years, including as state secretary and minister and from 1998 to 2001 as deputy prime minister. In 2009 she made her breast cancer diagnosis public.
“I am deeply affected by the news of the death of my predecessor,” said the incumbent President of the State Parliament, Ilse Aigner (CSU). “With Barbara Stamm, we are losing a politician who is popular and highly esteemed across all party lines, who for decades worked primarily for the poorer and weaker in our society and gave them a voice.”