Mack grew up in the West German town ofLonsee and attended the Helfenstein High School in Geislingen an der Steige, where he graduated in 1992.[1] He then completed an apprenticeship for the higher administrative service at the municipality ofSontheim an derBrenz and at the district office of Heidenheim. From 1994 to 1996, he then studied at the University of Applied SciencesLudwigsburg - University of Public Administration (FHöV), where he graduated asDiplom-Verwaltungswirt (FH). From 1996 to 1997 he did hiscivilian service at the Catholic Youth DepartmentUlm inLonsee.[2] From 1997 to 2000 he was head of the municipal office and spa manager of the municipality of Enzklösterle.[3]Klaus Mack is married and has two children.[2]
Mack was mayor of the municipality of Enzklösterle from May 2000 to October 2006. He was mayor of the town of Bad Wildbad from 23 October 2006 to 15 October 2021.[4] In 2014, he was confirmed in office.[5] In addition, he has been a member of the district council in the district ofCalw since 2014, where he is deputy chairman of the CDU faction.[6]
He was elected directly to the Bundestag in 2021, representing theCalw district.[7] In parliament, he has since been serving on the Committee on the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection.[8][9] In autumn 2020 Mack was nominated by the CDU as a direct candidate in the federal constituency of Calw for the2021 federal election.[10] He won the direct mandate with 33.8% of the first votes and was elected to the GermanBundestag.[11] His opponent in the constituency was theSPD federal leaderSaskia Esken.[12]
Mack has been chairman of the Nature Park Association in theBlack Forest Nature Park Central/North since 2015 and chairman of the Northern Black Forest Regional Association since 2019.[13][14] Furthermore, he is chairman of the tourism committee of the GemeindetagBaden-Württemberg[15] and a member of the Kommunalpolitische Vereinigung (KPV).[16] Until 2021, he was chairman of the project advisory board Red Deer Concept Northern Black Forest of the Forest Research Institute Baden-Württemberg.[17]
