Karin Seehofer (born April 1958) is the second wife of the Bavarian Minister-President Horst Seehofer. After Christian Wulff's resignation on 17 February 2012, her husband became acting head of state of Germany in his capacity as President of the German Bundesrat, until the election of Joachim Gauck on 18 March 2012.Her parents owned a small brewery, Brauerei Stark, in Schamhaupten. She worked in the civil service, where she met Horst Seehofer.