- Erwin Huber
Erwin Huber (born
26 July 1946 ) is a Germanpolitician who was elected leader of the Christian Social Union party on29 September 2007 succeedingEdmund Stoiber . [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/7020020.stm Germany's CSU elects new leader] ] He is also Minister of State for Finances.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 inDingolfing . 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 studiedEconomics at theUniversity of Munich . [ [http://www.bayern.de/English/Political_Life/State_Cancellery/huber.html Erwin Huber] ]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 [ [http://www.stmwivt.bayern.de/das_ministerium/minister.html Staatsminister Erwin Huber de icon] ] , 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, [ [http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,2144,2802985,00.html Conservative Bavarian Party Picks New Leader] ] was elected with 58% of the vote defeating the federal Agriculture Minister
Horst Seehofer who received 39% of the votes [ [http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601100&sid=acds_ksf0fEI&refer=germany Huber Elected as New Party Leader by Merkel's Allies] ] and beatingGabriele 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. He will be succeded by Horst Seehofer as party leader.
Personal life
Erwin Huber is a
Roman Catholic and is married with two children. [ [http://www.bayern.de/English/Political_Life/State_Cancellery/huber.html Erwin Huber] ]References
External links
* [http://www.erwin-huber.de/ Official site] de icon
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