Currently released so far... 220 / 251,287

### Browse by release date

2010/11

### Browse by creation date

66 72 79 86 89 90 04 05 06 07 08 09 10
1966/12
1972/02
1979/08
1986/05
1989/12
1990/01
2004/01 2004/12
2005/03 2005/05 2005/06 2005/12
2006/04 2006/08 2006/12
2007/01 2007/02 2007/03 2007/04 2007/05 2007/06 2007/07 2007/08 2007/11
2008/01 2008/03 2008/04 2008/05 2008/07 2008/08 2008/09 2008/10 2008/12
2009/01 2009/02 2009/03 2009/04 2009/05 2009/06 2009/07 2009/08 2009/09 2009/10 2009/11 2009/12
2010/01 2010/02

### Browse by origin

A B C D H I J K L M P R S T U
Embassy Ashgabat Embassy Ankara Embassy Amman Embassy Abu Dhabi
Embassy Buenos Aires Embassy Bishkek Embassy Berlin Embassy Beirut Embassy Beijing Embassy Baku Embassy Baghdad
Embassy Cairo Consulate Cape Town
Embassy Doha Embassy Damascus Consulate Dubai
Embassy Harare
Iran RPO Dubai Consulate Istanbul
Consulate Jeddah
Embassy Kuwait Embassy Kabul
Embassy London
Embassy Muscat Embassy Moscow Embassy Manama Embassy Madrid Consulate Munich
Embassy Prague Embassy Paris Embassy Panama
Embassy Rome Embassy Riyadh
Secretary of State Embassy Sanaa
Embassy Tripoli Embassy Tel Aviv Embassy Tehran Embassy Tegucigalpa
USEU Brussels UNVIE

### Browse by tag

A B C E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U X Y Z
AE AU AR AF AORC AJ ASEC AM
BH BA BY BU
CASC CF CH COUNTERTERRORISM CD CV CVIS
EG ECON EINV ETTC EFIN ENRG ETRD EFIS EXTERNAL EPET EAID EUN ELAB ECUN EU EAIR EZ EAGR ELTN ECPS
FR
GR GM GOI GE GG GA
HO
IR IZ IS INRB IN IRAJ IQ IAEA IT
JO JA
KPAL KNNP KU KWBG KJUS KG KSPR KDEM KHIV KPRP KZ KN KTFN KCRM KHLS KGHG KSCA KMDR KPAO KCOR KACT KIRF KS KPKO KUNR KTIA KWMN
LE LY
MASS MK MNUC MCAP MARR MOPS MU MAR MTCRE MY ML MR MPOS MOPPS
NATO NG
OVIP OPRC OTR OTRA OPDC
PREL PARM PGOV PTER PINR PHUM PINS PBIO PA PBTS PREF PROP PK PECON POLITICAL PARTIES PM PEPR
QA
RS RW RU
SA SY SM SU SCUL SNAR SOCI SENV SYR SP SG SO SF
TU TI TX Terrorism TRGY TFH01 TC TSPA
UZ UE UK US UNESCO UNSC UP UV
XF XA
YM
ZP ZR ZF ZI

### Browse by classification

CONFIDENTIAL CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN SECRET SECRET//NOFORN UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY

### Community resources

Follow us on Twitter Check our Reddit Twitter this Digg this page

### Viewing cable 08MUNICH355, GERMANY/BAVARIA: CSU HOPES FOR FRESH START WITH NEW AND

If you are new to these pages, please read an introduction on the structure of a cable as well as how to discuss them with others.
Understanding cables
Every cable message consists of three parts:

- The top box shows each cables unique reference number, when and by whom it originally was sent, and what its initial classification was.
- The middle box contains the header information that is associated with the cable. It includes information about the receiver(s) as well as a general subject.
- The bottom box presents the body of the cable. The opening can contain a more specific subject, references to other cables (browse by origin to find them) or additional comment. This is followed by the main contents of the cable: a summary, a collection of specific topics and a comment section.

To understand the justification used for the classification of each cable, please use this WikiSource article as reference.
Discussing cables
If you find meaningful or important information in a cable, please link directly to its unique reference number. Linking to a specific paragraph in the body of a cable is also possible by copying the appropriate link (to be found at theparagraph symbol). Please mark messages for social networking services like Twitter with the hash tags #cablegate and a hash containing the reference ID e.g. #08MUNICH355.
Help us extend and defend this work

Reference ID | Date | Classification | Origin
--- | --- | --- | ---
08MUNICH355 | 2008-10-31 14:02 | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | Consulate Munich

`

    VZCZCXRO0414
    PP RUEHAG RUEHDF RUEHIK RUEHLZ RUEHPOD RUEHYG
    DE RUEHMZ #0355 3051435
    ZNR UUUUU ZZH
    P 311435Z OCT 08
    FM AMCONSUL MUNICH
    TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 4548
    RUEKJCS/SECDEF WASHDC
    RUCPDOC/USDOC WASHDC
    RUEHRC/DEPT OF AGRICULTURE WASHINGTON DC
    RUEHZG/NATO EU COLLECTIVE
    RUCNMEU/EU INTEREST COLLECTIVE
    RUCNFRG/FRG COLLECTIVE

` `

    UNCLAS MUNICH 000355

    SENSITIVE
    SIPDIS

    E.O. 12958: N/A
    TAGS: PGOV EINV INRB GM
    SUBJECT: GERMANY/BAVARIA: CSU HOPES FOR FRESH START WITH NEW AND
    YOUNGER FACES IN CABINETAND A DYNAMIC SECRETARY GENERAL

    ¶1. (SBU) Newly-elected Bavarian Minister-President Horst Seehofer
    (Christian Social Union - CSU) elevated youthful, female, and fresh
    faces in the presentation of his surprising cabinet choices on
    October 30. In a canny move, he also chose 36-year-old Bundestag
    member Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg as CSU Secretary General. This
    makes zu Guttenberg effectively the spokesman, television
    personality, and advisor to the CSU leadership. He is also a Berlin
    player, serving as the CSU's main foreign policy expert and member
    of the Bundestag Foreign Affairs Committee. (Note: While zu
    Guttenberg likely will choose to retain his Bundestag seat, his
    office at CSU headquarters in Munich told us said it is not clear
    whether he will remain on the Foreign Affairs Committee or switch to
    a committee oriented toward domestic affairs. End note.)
    Seehofer's choice underlines the CSU's claim to be more than just a
    regional party, particularly in view of the 2009 European Parliament
    and federal elections. The group (para 4 below) needs to appeal to
    skeptical citizenry if the CSU hopes to do better in European and
    Bundestag elections in 2009.

    ¶2. (SBU) Complicating Seehofer's and the new cabinet's task is the
    new presence of three members of the coalition member Free
    Democratic Party (FDP) (one is a State Secretary), who will make
    their own attempts to strike a favorable profile. In all, Seehofer
    replaced sixteen of the eighteen cabinet positions with eight
    newcomers. He could be accused of ageism since he dismissed all CSU
    cabinet members over 60 years old, thus drastically reducing the
    government's age average below 50. Five cabinet members are women.
    Notably, the Landtag also elected its first female President, the
    64-year-old Barbara Stamm.

    ¶3. (SBU) The new Bavarian cabinet will consist of the following
    members, all CSU unless otherwise noted as FDP:

    -Minister President: Horst Seehofer, 59, Upper Bavaria, elected on
    October 27 (new);
    -Minister of Economics and Deputy Minister President: Martin Zeil
    (FDP), 52, Upper Bavaria (new);
    --MOE State Secretary: Katja Hessel (FDP), 36, Middle Franconia
    (new);
    -Minister of Interior: Joachim Herrmann, 52, Middle Franconia (the
    incumbent);
    -MOI State Secretary: Bernd Weiss, 40, Lower Franconia (new);
    -Minister for Labor and Social Affairs: Christine Haderthauer, 47,
    Upper Bavaria (new, formerly General Secretary of the CSU);
    --State Secretary: Markus Sackmann, 47, Upper Palatinate (new);
    -Minister at the Bavarian State Chancery: Siegfried Schneider, 52,
    Upper Bavaria (new);
    -Minister for European and Federal Affairs: Emilia Mueller, 56,
    Upper Palatinate (new);
    -Minister of Finance: Georg Fahrenschon, 40, Upper Bavaria (new);
    --MOF State Secretary: Franz Josef Pschierer, 52, Suabia (new);
    -Minister of Environment: Markus Soeder, 41, Middle Franconia
    (new);
    --MOEnv State Secretary: Melanie Huml, 33, Upper Franconia (new);
    -Minister of Agriculture: Helmut Brunner, 54, Lower Bavaria (new);

    -Minister of Justice: Dr. Beate Merk, 51, Suabia;
    -Minister of Science: Dr. Wolfgang Heubisch (FDP), 62, Upper Bavaria
    (new);
    -Minister of Culture and Education: Ludwig Spaenle, 47, Upper
    Bavaria;
    --MOC&Ed State Secretary: Dr. Marcel Huber, 50, Upper Bavaria
    (new).

    (NOTE: Diplopedia has biographies on German political figures at:
    xxxxx and then search for Germany
    Biographies.

    ¶4. (SBU) Comment: Seehofer's cabinet is mainly remarkable for its
    youthful representation. We view the surprise nomination of
    Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg as Secretary General as a clever move,
    particularly in view of the CSU's claim of being more than just a
    regional Bavarian party. Zu Guttenberg is a foreign policy expert,
    a transatlanticist and a close and well-known friend to the United
    States and Mission Germany.

    ¶5. (U) Consulate General Munich coordinated this report with
    Embassy Berlin.

    ¶6. (U) Track Munich reporting at at
    xxxxx

    Crockart

`