Albrecht Glaser

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Albrecht Glaser
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Glaser in 2015
Personal details
Born (1942-01-08) 8 January 1942 (age 83)
Worms, Germany
Political party AfD (2013–present)
CDU (1970–2012)
Alma mater Heidelberg University
Tübingen University

Albrecht Heinz Erhard Glaser (born 8 January 1942) is a German politician (AfD, formerly CDU). From 1997 to 2001, he served as the treasurer of Frankfurt.

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Education and personal life

Glaser studied at the Heidelberg University, the University of Tübingen and the German University of Administrative Sciences, Speyer. [1]

Glaser is in his second marriage [2] and has four children. [3]

Politics

Glaser joined the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) in 1970. [4] As a local politician, he was Mayor of Bretten, and later from 1980 to 1987 of Waldbronn. [5]

From 1995, he was on the city Council of Frankfurt, [6] and in 1997 took on the position of city treasurer. [7]

In the 16th Federal Convention (2017), Glaser was the Alternative for Germany's (AfD) candidate for President of Germany. He received 42 out of 1,253 electoral votes on the first ballot and finished third behind Frank-Walter Steinmeier (SPD, 931 votes) and Christoph Butterwegge (The Left, 128 votes).

In the 2017 German federal election, he was elected as member of the Bundestag. On 27 September 2017, the AfD group announced that it would propose Glaser as candidate for Vice President of the Bundestag. [8] However, after three rounds of voting, he could not secure the required majority. [9]

References

  1. ↑ Markus Gail: Studentenverbindungen in Frankfurt am Main: Berühmte (und berüchtigte) Korporierte , Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung, 26 March 2000, p. 3.
  2. ↑ Eppelsheim, Philip (13 August 2016). "Glasers Welt". Faz.net (in German). Retrieved 17 February 2017.
  3. ↑ AfD Elbe-Elster: Vita Albrecht Glaser
  4. ↑ 1970 40 Jahre CDU-Stadtverband Niedenstein 2010 Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine , CDU-Stadtverband Niedenstein, 2010.
  5. ↑ Die Bürgermeister , Waldbronn.
  6. ↑ Peter Scherer: Petra Roth entmachtet grünen Kämmerer , Die Welt, 7 March 1997.
  7. ↑ Von Weber: Tom Koenigs , Der Spiegel 16/1997, 14 April 1997.
  8. ↑ "Stichwahl in der Fraktion: AfD will Glaser als Bundestags-Vizepräsident". Spiegel Online . 27 September 2017. Retrieved 28 September 2017.
  9. ↑ "Abstimmung über Bundestagsvizepräsidenten: AfD-Kandidat Glaser fällt auch im dritten Wahlgang durch". Spiegel Online . 24 October 2017. Retrieved 24 October 2017.


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