Erwin Huber
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{{short description|German politician}}
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| office = Leader of the Christian Social Union
| term_start = 29 September 2007
| term_end = 25 October 2008
|1blankname = {{nowrap|General Secretary}}
|1namedata = Christine Haderthauer
| predecessor = Edmund Stoiber
| successor = Horst Seehofer
| office1 = Minister of Finance of Bavaria
| term_start1 = 16 October 2007
| term_end1 = 27 October 2008
| predecessor1 = Kurt Faltlhauser
| successor1 = Georg Fahrenschon
| primeminister1 = Günther Beckstein
| term_start2 = 15 November 1995
| term_end2 = 6 October 1998
| predecessor2 = Georg Freiherr von Waldenfels
| successor2 = Kurt Faltlhauser
| primeminister2 = Edmund Stoiber
| office3 = Minister of Economics, Energy and Technology of Bavaria
| term_start3 = 29 November 2005
| term_end3 = 15 October 2007
| predecessor3 = Otto Wiesheu
| successor3 = Emilia Müller
| primeminister3 = Edmund Stoiber
| office4 = Chief of the Bavarian State Chancellery
| term_start4 = 6 October 1998
| term_end4 = 29 November 2005
| predecessor4 = Kurt Faltlhauser
| successor4 = Eberhard Sinner
| primeminister4 = Edmund Stoiber
| office5 = General Secretary of the Christian Social Union
| term_start5 = 12 September 1988
| term_end5 = 12 December 1994
| predecessor5 = Gerold Tandler
| successor5 = Bernd Protzner
| leader5 = Franz Josef Strauß
Theo Waigel
| office6 = Member of the Landtag of Bavaria
for Dingolfing
| term_start6 = 27 October 1974
| term_end6 = 14 October 2018
| predecessor6 = Unknown
| successor6 = Petra Loibl
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1943|11|23|df=y}}
| birth_place = Hersbruck, Germany
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| party = CSU
| spouse = Marga Beckstein
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| children = 3
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Erwin Huber (born 26 July 1946) is a German politician. He was chairman of the Christian Social Union (CSU) from 2007 to 2008.
Early life
Erwin Huber was born in Reisbach in the district of Dingolfing-Landau, Bavaria. He attended elementary school in Reisbach and a secondary modern in Dingolfing. His first professional job was at the Bavarian administration of the finances in 1963. After several jobs in the financial sector, he entered the Bavarian State Ministry of Finance in 1970. During this period he studied Economics at the University of Munich.{{Cite web |url=http://www.bayern.de/English/Political_Life/State_Cancellery/huber.html |title=Erwin Huber |access-date=29 September 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051125144545/http://www.bayern.de/English/Political_Life/State_Cancellery/huber.html |archive-date=25 November 2005 |url-status=dead }}
Political career
Huber was elected to the Landtag of Bavaria in 1978 and from 1988 to 1994 was Secretary-General of the Christian Social Union. He entered the Bavarian state government in 1994 and has served as Director of the Bavarian State Chancellery (1993–1994 and 1998–2005), Minister of State for Finance (1994–1998) and Minister of State for Federal Matters and Administrative Reform (2003–2005). In 2005, he was appointed as Bavarian Minister of State for Economics, Transport and Technology,{{Cite web |url=http://www.stmwivt.bayern.de/das_ministerium/minister.html |title=Staatsminister Erwin Huber |language=de |access-date=29 September 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070328205438/http://www.stmwivt.bayern.de/das_ministerium/minister.html |archive-date=28 March 2007 |url-status=dead }} a post he held until 2007 when he was once again appointed Minister of State for Finances.
In September 2007, he was elected chairman of his party.[http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,2144,2802985,00.html Conservative Bavarian Party Picks New Leader] Huber, a loyalist of outgoing chairman Edmund Stoiber, received 58% of the vote, defeating the Federal Agriculture Minister Horst Seehofer, who received 39% of the vote,[https://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601100&sid=acds_ksf0fEI&refer=germany Huber Elected as New Party Leader by Merkel's Allies] and party rebel Gabriele Pauli, who gained roughly 3%.
Two days after the state elections of 2008, in which the CSU received only 43,4% of the vote (down from 60,7% in the state elections of 2003), Huber announced his resignation.{{cite web|url=http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-germany-csu-idUKTRE48T1TH20080930|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160127013234/http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-germany-csu-idUKTRE48T1TH20080930|url-status=dead|archive-date=27 January 2016|title=Bavaria's CSU leader quits after election blow|publisher=Reuters|date=30 September 2008|accessdate=12 July 2011}} He was succeeded by Horst Seehofer.
Personal life
Erwin Huber is a Roman Catholic and is married with two children.
References
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External links
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- [http://www.erwin-huber.de/ Official site] {{in lang|de}}
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