Carola Stauche
German politician (born 1952)
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Carola Stauche (born 1952) is a German CDU politician. She served as a member of the Landtag of Thuringia from 2004 to 2009, and as a member of the Bundestag from 2009 to 2017.
Early life
Carola Stauche, née Fleischer, was born on 10 May 1952 in Arnsgereuth. After she graduated from high school in 1971, she worked in catering until 1991.
Political career
In 1990, Stauche became a member of the district parliament of Saalfeld-Rudolstadt and served as mayor of Rohrbach from 1994 until 1999. From 2004 to 2009, she served as a member of the Landtag of Thuringia, taking the seat of Michael Schneider following his resignation. She was also a member of the Bundestag from 2009 to 2017 after winning the electoral district of Sonneberg – Saalfeld-Rudolstadt – Saale-Orla-Kreis in the Federal elections of 2009 and 2013.[1][2][3][4]
She is evangelical and has two children.
