Philipp Graf von und zu Lerchenfeld (25 May 1952 – 1 December 2017) was a German politician for the

Christian Social Union in Bavaria The Christian Social Union in Bavaria (German: , CSU) is a Christian-democratic and conservative political party in Germany. Having a regionalist identity, the CSU operates only in Bavaria while its larger counterpart, the Christian Democratic ...

(CSU). He was born into the ancient Lerchenfeld noble family, and was a member of the

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from 2003 to 2013, and then served as a member of the

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from 2013 to 2017. He was elected to the local council of

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in 1990, and the district council of

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in 2002. Outside of politics, he was a farmer, accountant and tax consultant. Born in Köfering, Lerchenfeld studied

agricultural science Agricultural science (or agriscience for short) is a broad multidisciplinary field of biology that encompasses the parts of exact, natural, economic and social sciences that are used in the practice and understanding of agriculture. Profession ...

at the

Technical University of Munich The Technical University of Munich (TUM or TU Munich; german: Technische Universität München) is a public research university in Munich, Germany. It specializes in engineering, technology, medicine, and applied and natural sciences. Establis ...

from 1973 to 1977. He was a

Roman Catholic Roman or Romans most often refers to: *Rome, the capital city of Italy *Ancient Rome, Roman civilization from 8th century BC to 5th century AD *Roman people, the people of ancient Rome *'' Epistle to the Romans'', shortened to ''Romans'', a lette ...

, and married to Marie Therese. His wife Marie Therese was born Graefin Ambrózy von Seden und Remete (from a Hungarian comital family). Lerchenfeld died of

lung cancer Lung cancer, also known as lung carcinoma (since about 98–99% of all lung cancers are carcinomas), is a malignant lung tumor characterized by uncontrolled cell growth in tissue (biology), tissues of the lung. Lung carcinomas derive from tran ...

on 1 December 2017, at the age of 65.

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