Michael Glos | |
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.jpg) Glos in 2012 | |
| Federal Minister for Economics and Technology | |
| In office 22 November 2005 – 10 February 2009 | |
| Chancellor | Angela Merkel |
| Preceded by | Wolfgang Clement |
| Succeeded by | Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg |
| First Deputy Leader of theCDU/CSU Group in theBundestag | |
| In office 22 January 1993 – 21 November 2005 | |
| Leader | Wolfgang Schäuble Friedrich Merz Angela Merkel |
| Preceded by | Wolfgang Bötsch |
| Succeeded by | Peter Ramsauer |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1944-12-14)14 December 1944 (age 80) Brünnau,Germany |
| Political party | Christian Social Union |
| Website | glos |
Michael Glos (born 14 December 1944) is a German politician of theChristian Social Union (CSU) who served asMinister for Economics and Technology in thegovernment ofChancellor Angela Merkel from 22 November 2005 until 10 February 2009.
After the secondary school level, Glos made an apprenticeship asmiller[1] and became master in 1967. Starting 1968, he managed his parents' flour mill inPrichsenstadt.
Glos joined theCSU in 1970. In 1972, he was the first chairman of the CSU-chapter of his hometown Prichsenstadt. From 1975 to 1993, he was chairman of the CSU chapter ofKitzingen. From 1976 he was part of the executive board of the CSU inLower Franconia. From then he was also part of the CSU leadership. From 1972 to 1978, Glos was member of the district council ofPrichsenstadt and, from 1975 to 1993, member of the council of the district (Kreistag) ofKitzingen.
Glos first became a member of theBundestag in the1976 elections, representing theSchweinfurt district. From 1993 to 2005 he was chairman of the CSU parliamentary group and deputy chairman of theCDU/CSU parliamentary group.
Following the2005 elections, Glos was appointed as Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Technology at short notice when CSU leaderEdmund Stoiber rejected it.[2] Merkel had reportedly wanted to appoint him asFederal Minister of Defence.[3]
During his time in government, Glos was widely considered one of the weakest members of Chancellor Merkel's cabinet and had often seemed to struggle with his portfolio.[4] Among other projects, he led efforts on a 2008 law that allows the government to block moves by foreign investors to take large stakes in German companies, if it concludes that they endanger the country's interests.[5]
On 7 February 2009, Glos offered his resignation as minister, which was first denied byHorst Seehofer,[6][7] but later accepted.[8][9] He justified his resignation with his age and the need for renewal in the CSU after Seehofer's election as CSU chairman.[10]
Glos is married and father of two children. His third child died in a car accident nearMunich in 1997.
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