Albrecht Heinz Erhard Glaser (born 8 January 1942) is a German politician (AfD, formerly CDU). From 1997 to 2001, he served as the treasurer of Frankfurt.
Education and personal life Glaser studied at the Heidelberg University, the University of Tübingen and the German University of Administrative Sciences, Speyer.Markus Gail: Studentenverbindungen in Frankfurt am Main: Berühmte (und berüchtigte) Korporierte, Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung, 26 March 2000, p. 3.
Glaser is in his second marriage and has four children.AfD Elbe-Elster: Vita Albrecht Glaser
Politics Glaser joined the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) in 1970.1970 40 Jahre CDU-Stadtverband Niedenstein 2010 , CDU-Stadtverband Niedenstein, 2010. As a local politician, he was Mayor of Bretten, and later from 1980 to 1987 of Waldbronn.Die Bürgermeister, Waldbronn.
From 1995, he was on the city Council of Frankfurt,Peter Scherer: Petra Roth entmachtet grünen Kämmerer, Die Welt, 7 March 1997. and in 1997 took on the position of city treasurer.Von Weber: Tom Koenigs, Der Spiegel 16/1997, 14 April 1997.
In the 16th Federal Convention (2017), Glaser was the Alternative for Germany's (AfD) candidate for President of Germany. He received 42 out of 1,253 electoral votes on the first ballot and finished third behind Frank-Walter Steinmeier (SPD, 931 votes) and Christoph Butterwegge (The Left, 128 votes).
In the 2017 German federal election, he was elected as member of the Bundestag. On 27 September 2017, the AfD group announced that it would propose Glaser as candidate for Vice President of the Bundestag. However, after three rounds of voting, he could not secure the required majority.
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