Albert Dess | |
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| Member of the European Parliament | |
| In office 20 July 2004 – 2019 | |
| Constituency | Germany |
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| Born | (1947-04-17)17 April 1947 (age 78) Berngau, Germany |
| Political party |  GermanChristian Social Union in Bavaria  EUEuropean People's Party |
Albert Dess (German:Deß[dɛs]; born 17 April 1947) is aGerman politician who served asMember of the European Parliament (MEP) from 2004 until 2019. He is a member of theChristian Social Union in Bavaria, part of theEuropean People's Party.
Albert Dess graduated from Agricultural college in 1966. He obtained hisMaster's inagriculture in 1979. Albert had a Secondary occupation as farmer and worked incommerce and industry. He became managing director of a farming cooperative and in 1977, a Full-time farmer/training establishment.
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 theMunicipal 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, theMayor ofBerngau.
Albert Dess from 1992 to 2004 was the Farm policy spokesman for the CSU RegionalGroup 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.
Dess was a member of theEuropean Parliament'sCommittee on Agriculture and Rural Development (AGRI). He was a substitute for theCommittee on International Trade (INTRA), a member of the delegation for relations withMercosur and a substitute for the delegation to theACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly.
In May 2018, Dess announced that he would not stand in the2019 European elections but instead resign from active politics by the end of the parliamentary term.[1]
Outside Germany, Dess is best known for trying to introduce in theEuropean Parliament aVolkswagen-written piece of legislation that would have exempted a whole class of vehicle frompollution controls.[2] The proposal was dropped after theVolkswagen emissions violation scandal erupted and Dress has thus far refused requests to comment on his actions.
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