Bernhard Loos | |
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| Member of theBundestag forMunich North | |
| Assumed office 2017 | |
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| Born | (1955-07-30)30 July 1955 (age 70) |
| Political party | CSU |
Bernhard Loos (born 30 July 1955) is a German politician of theChristian Social Union in Bavaria (CSU) who has been serving as a member of theBundestag from the state ofBavaria since 2017.
Loos went through an apprenticeship as a retail salesman after hisAbitur from 1976 to 1980 and worked as a salesman at Hertie in Munich.
From 1981 Loos studied economics and political science at theLudwig-Maximilians-University in Munich, successfully graduating in 1987.[1]After his studies Loos was appointed managing director of theKolping Society in Munich.
He is part of the scientificfraternity Palladia, which he reactivated in 1983 after a thirteen-year suspension.
Bernhard Loos is Roman Catholic, married and father of two adult sons. He served his military service in theGerman Air Force.
Loos joined the CSU Munich in 1982 and was a member of the executive board of theJunge Union in Bavaria from 1985 to 1986. During the time of his studies he was involved in the university political student associationRing Christlich-Demokratischer Studenten inBavaria. There he acted, among other things, as deputy group chairman and was elected as state chairman for 1985 to 1986.Loos is a member of the CSU district executive in Munich.
For the2013 German federal election Loos was elected by the CSU delegates' assembly on place 59 of the electoral list,[2] the place was not enough for becoming member of theBundestag.
Loos first became a member of the Bundestag after the2017 German federal election winning theconstituency ofMunich North.[3] On November 9, 2016, Loos was elected by the federal constituency delegates meeting of his party as a direct candidate. He thus prevailed against the president of theBund der VertriebenenBernd Fabritius,MdB, and thus succeedsJohannes Singhammer.[4]He won the direct mandate with 32.2% of the vote.[5]
In parliament, Loos has been a member of the Committee on Petitions and the Committee on Economic and Energy Affairs.[6][7]
Loos was able to defend his direct mandate in the2021 German federal election with 25.7%.[8]
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