Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg

Karl Theodor Maria Nikolaus Johann Jacob Philipp Franz Joseph Sylvester Freiherr von und zu Guttenberg,^[1] known as Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg, was a German politician. He was born in Munich, Bavaria, on 5 December 1971.

Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg
Minister of Defence
In office 28 October 2009 – 1 March 2011
Chancellor	Angela Merkel
Preceded by	Franz Josef Jung
Succeeded by	Thomas de Maizière
Minister for Economics and Technology
In office 10 February 2009 – 27 October 2009
Chancellor	Angela Merkel
Preceded by	Michael Glos
Succeeded by	Rainer Brüderle
Secretary General of the Christian Social Union
In office 3 November 2008 – 10 February 2009
Leader	Horst Seehofer
Preceded by	Christine Haderthauer
Succeeded by	Alexander Dobrindt
Member of the Bundestag for Kulmbach
In office 22 September 2002 – 3 March 2011
Preceded by	Bernd Protzner
Succeeded by	TBD
Personal details
Born	(1971-12-05) 5 December 1971 (age 53) Munich, West Germany (now Germany)
Political party	Christian Social Union
Spouse(s)	Stephanie Gräfin von Bismarck-Schönhausen
Alma mater	University of Bayreuth

In 2009 he became Federal Minister for Economics and Technology, and after eight months became Federal Minister for Defence on 28 October 2009. He was really popular, but then people found that he cheated during his time at university. The university took away his doctorate, and he decided to resign as a minister on 28 February 2011. On 3 March 2011, he was formally discharged as Minister of Defence and introduced his successor, Dr Thomas de Maizière as the new minister. He resigned as a member of the Bundestag on the same day.

His wife Stephanie zu Guttenberg is a member of the Bismarck family.