Alois Karl | |
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| Born | (1950-11-22)22 November 1950 (age 74) Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz,Bavaria, Germany |
| Nationality | German |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Political party |  German:Christian Social Union  EU:European People's Party |
| Website | http://www.alois-karl.de/ |
Alois Karl (born 22 November 1950) is aGerman lawyer and politician from theChristian Social Union of Bavaria who served as a member of the GermanBundestag from 2005 until 2021, representingAmberg. He also was Mayor ofNeumarkt in der Oberpfalz from 1990 to 2005.[1]
Karl was a member of the Budget Committee and its Sub-Committee on European Affairs from 2005 until 2021; in 2014, he became the sub-committee's deputy chairman. On the Budget Committee, he served as his parliamentary group'srapporteur on theannual budget of theFederal Foreign Office. In addition, Karl served as chairman of the Parliamentary Friendship Group for Relations with the Baltic States and as member of the German delegation to theParliamentary Assembly of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE).
In the negotiations to form acoalition government following the2009 federal elections, Karl was part of the CDU/CSU delegation in the working group on transport and building policies; led byHans-Peter Friedrich andPatrick Döring.
In July 2020, Karl announced that he would not stand in the2021 federal elections but instead resign from active politics by the end of the parliamentary term.[2]
In June 2017, Karl voted against Germany's introduction ofsame-sex marriage.[3]
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