Christiane Herzog, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Wife of President of Germany
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Place of Birth: Munich, Bavaria, Germany
About Christiane Herzog
- Christiane Herzog (née Krauss; (October 26, 1936 – June 19, 2000) was the wife of Roman Herzog, the former President of Germany. The daughter of a Protestant parish priest, Paul Krauss and his wife Friedl.
- As a child Christiane was probably destined for leadership joining the Pathfinder movement.
- She was educated at the same school as her future husband, Landshut Grammar, in The Allgau, Bavaria, and studied at University of Munich graduating in pedagogy, in 1955.
- She married in 1958, still aged only twenty-one, Roman Herzog, a childhood sweetheart.
- Christiane and her husband were members of the Evangelical Church in Germany, they had two sons (born 1959 and 1964).
- Before he was elected President, Roman had a long and distinguished career as a legal scholar and professor at various universities, and since as a Member of Parliament, as a cabinet minister in the state of Baden-WĂĽrttemberg, as a judge and finally President of the Federal Constitutional Court of Germany from 1987 to 1994.
- The family lived in a number of cities, moving in 1969 to Ziegelhausen, near Heidelberg.
- From 1973 the family was living at the West German capital Bonn.
- Before moving to Stuttgart in 1978 and then finally to Karlsruhe. From 1985 to 1993, she was the Vice President of the Christliches Jugenddorfwerk Deutschlands.
- During her husband's tenure as President, she was the patron of the German UNICEF committee and the MĂĽttergenesungswerk, and took on several charitable responsibilities.
- On her husband's election as President of Germany she is said to have remarked "I do not consider myself a carnation in the button-hole."During 1990s Christiane appeared in several films.
- Beckmann (1999) in which she was uncredited for one episode, was a successful series that reached international audiences.
- On the television show Zu Gast bei Christiane Herzog (1996), where she invited a guest (usually some prominent person) to the Bellevue Palace and discussed contemporary issues in the kitchen of the presidential residence while they were cooking.
- This theme gained critical acclaim when published into English as An Invitation to Dine.
- and Kochern mit Kindern.She was a guest on the Wetten, dass...? (1996) game show for children.
- And the previous year she had been invited on the talk show Alfredissimo -kochen mit bio.
- Her beef roulade, goose breast, and spaetzle became favourites with the German public.
- Known also for her affable, well-meaning charm, she was mimiced by comedians, for he no-nonsense bossy approach.
- Popular with racing driver, Michael Schumacher, professional chef, Otto Koch, and the entertainer Thomas Gottschalk; she left her critics spellbound by serenity and politeness.
- She was a relentless perfectionist; characteristic of her nationhood perhaps, she was made "kitchen Woman of the Year, 1998".
- After 42 years of marriage she cut a traditional figure of frau at work in the kitchen with a strong message and positive attitude.
- She brushed off accusations that she was anti-feminist, saying "even single people have to eat." Although never credited as an actress, she was a well-known national celebrity in her own right, exploring the part she played in the politics of post-war Germany. The Christiane Herzog Foundation for the Cystic Fibrosis Sick that became a leading research institute, was named in her honour.
- Although often attributed to her husband's influence, her own popularity in Germany was considerable.
- By the time Ramon Herzog took over as president she had driven thousands of kilometres around Germany in her second hand car canvassing the support of at least half a million Germans every year.
- Christiane's cookbooks became a way to reveal to the Deutshes volks her husbands diet, giving her cookery a nationwide appeal.
- As First Lady she visited orphanages in South America, which proved debilitating and exhausting.
- For the last three years of her life she suffered from an incurable cancer.
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