Alois Glück () (24 January 1940 – 26 February 2024) was a German politician of the

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Life and career

Glück was born in Hörzing in the district of

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. He started his political engagement in the Catholic Rural Youth Movement of Germany . After a journalistic career the skilled agriculturist was elected for the CSU in the

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in 1970. In 1986

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appointed him as a permanent secretary in the Bavarian State Ministry for State Development and Environmental Questions, since 1988 he led the CSU Landtag fraction and from 1994 to 2007 the CSU district association

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. In 2003 he was selected to the Landtagspräsident (President of the Landtag). From July 1999 Glück was additionally the chairman of the CSU principle commission. As such he significantly contributed to the development of strategic CSU position documents like "Aktive Bürgergesellschaft" (Active Commoners Society) and "Soziale Marktwirtschaft für das 21. Jahrhundert" (

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for the 21st Century). Apart from his political career Glück accepted many honorary posts. From 1983 he was a member of the ''Zentralkomitee der deutschen Katholiken'' (Central Committee of German Catholics – and its president since 2009), the chairman of the '' Bergwacht Bayern'' ( Mountain rescue Bavaria), of the charity association Caritas Children's Village Irschenberg. Glück died on 26 February 2024, at the age of 84.

Other activities

* ''Freundeskreis Abtei Frauenwörth'', Chairman of the Circle of Friends *

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, Vice Chairman * ''ProChrist'', Member of the Board of Trustees * Freya von Moltke Foundation, Member of the Board of Trustees * German Council for Sustainable Development (RNE), Member (2011-2016, appointed ''ad personam'' by

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References

External links

www.alois-glueck.de – Official website of Alois Glück
(German) {{DEFAULTSORT:Gluck, Alois 1940 births 2024 deaths People from Traunstein (district) Christian Social Union in Bavaria politicians Knights Commander of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany Members of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts Members of the Landtag of Bavaria