Dagmar Wöhrl
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Stein, Bavaria
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) is a German
Germany
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politician with the CSU. She is the wife of the German CEO Hans Rudolf Wöhrl.
1994, 1998, 2002 and 2005 Dagmar Wöhrl has been elected into the German Bundestag
Bundestag
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. Since 2005 she serves as parliamentary Secretary of State
Secretary of State
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in the Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology (Germany)
Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology (Germany)
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.
During her youth, she played in a soft-sex-comedy named "Die Stoßburg - Wenn nachts die Keuschheitsgürtel klappern". In 1977 she was elected as Miss Germany
Miss Germany
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. This is also the reason why she was called "Miss Bundestag" when she joined the Bundestag in 1994.
In 2001 she was in the media after her younger son Emanuel died because of an accident. Her older son Marcus ran for the European Parliament
European Parliament
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in 2004.