Albrecht Glaser

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Albrecht Glaser
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Born (1942-01-08) 8 January 1942 (age 80)
Worms, Germany
Political party AfD (2013–present)
CDU (1970–2012)
Alma mater Heidelberg University
Tübingen University

Albrecht Heinz Erhard Glaser (born 8 January 1942 in Worms, Germany) is a German politician. From 1997 until 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 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) he was the AfD's 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, 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]

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References

  1. ↑ Markus Gail: Studentenverbindungen in Frankfurt am Main: Berühmte (und berüchtigte) Korporierte ; dort als Quelle angegeben: Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung, 26. März 2000, S. 3.
  2. ↑ "Glasers Welt". Faz.net (in German). 13 August 2016. Retrieved 17 February 2017.
  3. ↑ AfD Elbe-Elster: Vita Albrecht Glaser
  4. ↑ 1970 40 Jahre CDU-Stadtverband Niedenstein 2010 Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine , CDU-Stadtverband Niedenstein, 2010.
  5. ↑ Die Bürgermeister , Waldbronn.
  6. ↑ Peter Scherer: Petra Roth entmachtet grünen Kämmerer , Die Welt, 7. März 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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