Bernhard Loos
Bernhard Loos | |
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| Member of theBundestagforMunich North | |
| Assumed office 2017 | |
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| Born | 30 July 1955 Kaufbeuren,West Germany (now Germany) |
| Political party | CSU |
Bernhard Loos(born 30 July 1955) is a German politician of theChristian Social Union in Bavaria(CSU) who has been serving as a member of theBundestagfrom the state ofBavariasince 2017.
Early life and career
[edit]Loos went through an apprenticeship as a retail salesman after hisAbiturfrom 1976 to 1980 and worked as a salesman at Hertie in Munich.
From 1981 Loos studied economics and political science at theLudwig-Maximilians-Universityin Munich, successfully graduating in 1987.[1] After his studies Loos was appointed managing director of theKolping Societyin Munich.
He is part of the scientificfraternityPalladia, which he reactivated in 1983 after a thirteen-year suspension.
Bernhard Loos is Roman Catholic, married and father of two adult sons. He served his military service in theGerman Air Force.
Political career
[edit]Career in local politics
[edit]Loos joined the CSU Munich in 1982 and was a member of the executive board of theJunge Unionin Bavaria from 1985 to 1986. During the time of his studies he was involved in the university political student associationRing Christlich-Demokratischer StudenteninBavaria.There he acted, among other things, as deputy group chairman and was elected as state chairman for 1985 to 1986. Loos is a member of the CSU district executive in Munich.
For the2013 German federal electionLoos was elected by the CSU delegates' assembly on place 59 of the electoral list,[2]the place was not enough for becoming member of theBundestag.
Member of the German Parliament, 2017–present
[edit]Loos first became a member of the Bundestag after the2017 German federal electionwinning theconstituencyofMunich North.[3]On November 9, 2016, Loos was elected by the federal constituency delegates meeting of his party as a direct candidate. He thus prevailed against the president of theBund der VertriebenenBernd Fabritius,MdB,and thus succeedsJohannes Singhammer.[4] He won the direct mandate with 32.2% of the vote.[5]
In parliament, Loos has been a member of the Committee on Petitions and the Committee on Economic and Energy Affairs.[6][7]
Loos was able to defend his direct mandate in the2021 German federal electionwith 25.7%.[8]
References
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- ^"CSU-Bundestagsliste 2013"(PDF).Archived fromthe original(PDF)on 27 December 2016.Retrieved20 December2021.
- ^"Bernhard Loos".CDU/CSU-Fraktion.Retrieved23 March2020.
- ^A man for the northSüddeutsche Zeitungof November 10, 2016
- ^217: Munich-Northbundeswahlleiter.de, retrieved 28 September 2021.
- ^"German Bundestag - Petitions".German Bundestag.Retrieved23 March2020.
- ^"German Bundestag - Economic Affairs and Energy".German Bundestag.Retrieved23 March2020.
- ^217: Munich-Northbundeswahlleiter.de, retrieved 28 September 2021.
External links
[edit]- Official website(in German)
- Bundestag biography(in English)
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