Erwin Huber Explained

Erwin Huber
Office:Leader of the Christian Social Union
Term Start:29 September 2007
Term End:25 October 2008
1Namedata:Christine Haderthauer
Predecessor:Edmund Stoiber
Successor:Horst Seehofer
Office1:Minister of Finance of Bavaria
Term Start1:16 October 2007
Term End1:27 October 2008
Predecessor1:Kurt Faltlhauser
Successor1:Georg Fahrenschon
Primeminister1:Günther Beckstein
Term Start2:15 November 1995
Term End2:6 October 1998
Predecessor2:Georg Freiherr von Waldenfels
Successor2:Kurt Faltlhauser
Primeminister2:Edmund Stoiber
Office3:Minister of Economics, Energy and Technology of Bavaria
Term Start3:29 November 2005
Term End3:15 October 2007
Predecessor3:Otto Wiesheu
Successor3:Emilia Müller
Primeminister3:Edmund Stoiber
Office4:Chief of the Bavarian State Chancellery
Term Start4:6 October 1998
Term End4:29 November 2005
Predecessor4:Kurt Faltlhauser
Successor4:Eberhard Sinner
Primeminister4:Edmund Stoiber
Office5:General Secretary of the Christian Social Union
Term Start5:12 September 1988
Term End5:12 December 1994
Predecessor5:Gerold Tandler
Successor5:Bernd Protzner
Leader5:Franz Josef Strauß
Theo Waigel
Office6:Member of the Landtag of Bavaria
for Dingolfing
Term Start6:27 October 1974
Term End6:14 October 2018
Predecessor6:Unknown
Successor6:Petra Loibl
Birth Date:23 November 1943
Birth Place:Hersbruck, Germany
Party:CSU
Spouse:Marga Beckstein
Children:3
Profession:Lawyer

Erwin Huber (born 26 July 1946) is a German politician. He was chairman of the Christian Social Union (CSU) from 2007 to 2008.

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 jobs in the financial sector, 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. 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 Economics, Transport and Technology,[2] a post he held until 2007 when he was once again appointed Minister of State for Finances.

In September 2007, he was elected chairman of his party.[3] Huber, a loyalist of outgoing chairman Edmund Stoiber, received 58% of the vote, defeating the Federal Agriculture Minister Horst Seehofer, who received 39% of the vote,[4] and party rebel Gabriele Pauli, who gained roughly 3%.

Two days after the state elections of 2008, in which the CSU received only 43,4% of the vote (down from 60,7% in the state elections of 2003), Huber announced his resignation.[5] He was succeeded by Horst Seehofer.

Personal life

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

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Erwin Huber . 29 September 2007 . https://web.archive.org/web/20051125144545/http://www.bayern.de/English/Political_Life/State_Cancellery/huber.html . 25 November 2005 . dead .
  2. Web site: Staatsminister Erwin Huber . de . 29 September 2007 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070328205438/http://www.stmwivt.bayern.de/das_ministerium/minister.html . 28 March 2007 . dead .
  3. http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,2144,2802985,00.html Conservative Bavarian Party Picks New Leader
  4. https://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601100&sid=acds_ksf0fEI&refer=germany Huber Elected as New Party Leader by Merkel's Allies
  5. Web site: Bavaria's CSU leader quits after election blow. Reuters. 30 September 2008. 12 July 2011.