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Bavaria has the second-largest economy in Germany, after [[North Rhine-Westphalia]]. Its main resources are industry (motor vehicles, heavy electrical equipment, consumer electronics) and services (banks, insurance, tourism, entertainment).

Bavaria has the second-largest economy in Germany, after [[North Rhine-Westphalia]]. Its main resources are industry (motor vehicles, heavy electrical equipment, consumer electronics) and services (banks, insurance, tourism, entertainment).

== Politcs ==

== Politics ==

Bavaria is currently ruled by the [[conservative]] [[CSU]]. The minister president is [[Markus Söder]] who is preceded by [[Horst Seehofer]]. In April 2018 minister president Söder ordered Christian Crosses to be Displayed on All Entrances to Government Buildings in Bavaria.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ixVywnUbrY</ref>

Bavaria is currently ruled by the [[conservative]] [[CSU]]. The minister president is [[Markus Söder]] who is preceded by [[Horst Seehofer]]. In April 2018 minister president Söder ordered Christian Crosses to be Displayed on All Entrances to Government Buildings in Bavaria.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ixVywnUbrY</ref>

Since the end of [[Second World War]] Bavaria was almost always ruled by the [[Conservative]] [[Christian Social Union of Bavaria]] (an exception was Wilhelm Hoegner, who was a member of the Leftist [[SPD]]).  

Since the end of [[Second World War]] Bavaria was almost always ruled by the [[Conservative]] [[Christian Social Union of Bavaria]] (an exception was Wilhelm Hoegner, who was a member of the Leftist [[SPD]]).  

=== Minister presidents since the end of World War II ===

=== Minister presidents of Bavaria since the end of World War II ===

* Fritz Schäffer (1945)

* Fritz Schäffer (1945)

* Wilhelm Hoegner (1945–1946)

* Wilhelm Hoegner (1945–1946)