Albert Dess

German politician
Albert Dess
Member of the European Parliament
In office
20 July 2004 – 2019
ConstituencyGermany
Personal details
Born (1947-04-17) 17 April 1947 (age 76)
Berngau, Germany
Political party German
Christian Social Union in Bavaria
 EU
European People's Party

Albert Dess (German: Deß [dɛs]; born 17 April 1947) is a German politician who served as Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from 2004 until 2019. He is a member of the Christian Social Union in Bavaria, part of the European People's Party.

Education and early career

Albert Dess graduated from Agricultural college in 1966. He obtained his Master's in agriculture in 1979. Albert had a Secondary occupation as farmer and worked in commerce and industry. He became managing director of a farming cooperative and in 1977, a Full-time farmer/training establishment.

Political career

Career in local politics

In 1974 Albert Dess became the District Chairman of the Junge Union. In 1981 he became a Member of the CSU district executive and later in 1984, he became the Municipal Chairman of the CSU. He later rose in ranks by becoming the District Chairman in 1987, Regional Vice-chairman (1989–1995) and Regional Chairman (1995) of the CSU Agricultural Association. Albert was a Member of the CSU district executive from 1989 and in 1997, a member of the CSU Regional Executive Committee. From 1972 to 1996 he was in the Municipal Councillor, Berngau. He became a District Councillor, Neumarkt/Oberpfalz in 1978. In 1984–1996, he was the Vice-chairman of Neumarkt/Oberpfalz district council and from 1984 to 1996, the Mayor of Berngau.

Member of the German Parliament, 1990–2004

Albert Dess from 1992 to 2004 was the Farm policy spokesman for the CSU Regional Group in the Bundestag and from 1997 to 2004, a Member of the CDU/CSU Group Executive Committee. He later became the Chairman of the CSU Regional Group working party for Agriculture, Consumer Protection, Environment, Transport, Building and Energy from 2000 to 2004.

Member of the European Parliament, 2004–2019

Dess was a member of the European Parliament's Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development (AGRI). He was a substitute for the Committee on International Trade (INTRA), a member of the delegation for relations with Mercosur and a substitute for the delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly.

In May 2018, Dess announced that he would not stand in the 2019 European elections but instead resign from active politics by the end of the parliamentary term.[1]

Controversy

Outside Germany, Dess is best known for trying to introduce in the European Parliament a Volkswagen-written piece of legislation that would have exempted a whole class of vehicle from pollution controls.[2] The proposal was dropped after the Volkswagen emissions violation scandal erupted and Dress has thus far refused requests to comment on his actions.

Recognition

See also

References

  1. ^ Helmut Sturm (May 27, 2018), Europa: Albert Deß tritt nicht mehr an Mittelbayerische Zeitung.
  2. ^ Higgins, Andrew (28 September 2015). "Volkswagen Scandal Highlights European Stalling on New Emissions Tests". The New York Times. Retrieved 29 September 2015.

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