Erwin Huber

Erwin Huber (born 26 July 1946) is a German conservative politician. He was leader of the Christian Social Union of Bavaria from 2007 to 2009.

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Early life

Erwin Huber was born in Reisbach in the district of Dingolfing-Landau, Bavaria. He attended elementary school in Reisbach and a secondary modern in Dingolfing. His first professional job was at the Bavarian administration of the finances in 1963. After several finance jobs he entered the Bavarian State Ministry of Finance in 1970. During this period he studied Economics at the University of Munich.[1]

Political career

Huber was elected to the Landtag of Bavaria in 1978 and from 1988 to 1994 was Secretary-General of the Christian Social Union party. He entered the Bavarian state government in 1994 and has served as Director of the Bavarian State Chancellery (1993–1994 and 1998–2005), Minister of State for Finance (1994–1998) and Minister of State for Federal Matters and Administrative Reform (2003–2005). In 2005, he was appointed as Bavarian Minister of State for the Economy,[2] a post he held until 2007 when he was once again appointed Minister of State for Finances.

In the September 2007 election for leader of the Christian Social Union party, Huber, a loyalist of the previous leader Edmund Stoiber,[3] was elected with 58% of the vote defeating the federal Agriculture Minister Horst Seehofer who received 39% of the votes[4] and beating Gabriele Pauli, a party rebel, who gained roughly 3% at the CSU party convention at the Munich Exhibition.

Two days after the state elections of 2008, in which the CSU reveived only 43,4% of the vote (down from 60,7% in the state elections of 2003), Huber announced that he will resign from office.[5] He was succeeded by Horst Seehofer as party leader.

Personal life

Erwin Huber is a Roman Catholic and is married with two children.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b Erwin Huber
  2. ^ Staatsminister Erwin Huber (German)
  3. ^ Conservative Bavarian Party Picks New Leader
  4. ^ Huber Elected as New Party Leader by Merkel's Allies
  5. ^ "Bavaria's CSU leader quits after election blow". Reuters. 2008-09-30. http://uk.reuters.com/article/2008/09/30/uk-germany-csu-idUKTRE48T1TH20080930. Retrieved 2011-07-12. 

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Josef Müller (1946–1949) • Hans Ehard (1949–1955) • Hanns Seidel (1955–1961) • Franz Josef Strauss (1961–1988) • Theodor Waigel (1988–1999) • Edmund Stoiber (1999-2007) • Erwin Huber (2007–2008) • Horst Seehofer (since 2008)