Albert Dess

Albert Dess, MEP

Albert Dess (born 17 April 1947, Röckersbühl) is a German MEP from Christlich-Soziale Union in Bayern e.V. (Christian Social Union in Bavaria) since 20.07.2004.

Affiliations

• Member, Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development
• Member, Delegation for relations with Mercosur
• Member, Delegation to the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly
• Substitute, Committee on International Trade
• Substitute, Delegation to the EU-Ukraine Parliamentary Cooperation Committee
• Substitute, Delegation to the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly

Former Affiliations

• Member, Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development
• Member, Delegation for relations with the Gulf States, including Yemen
• Substitute, Committee on International Trade
• Substitute, Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly
• Substitute, Delegation to the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly

Record and Controversies

Declaration of Financial Interests

Professional Activities:

• Member of European Parliament
• Farmer

Paid Functions or Activities:

• Member of managing board of rural cooperative in Bavaria (bäuerlichen Genossenschaft Bayernland) e.G. Nürnberg
• Member of advisory council for Savings Banks Association concerning savings banks politics (sprakassenpolitische Grundsatzfragen des Sparkassenverbandes), Bavaria

Further Information:

Honorary activities:

• Chairman of advisory board, Milchwerke Regensburg eG
• Member of the district council Neumarkt i.d. Opf
• Member of managing board, Association of Professional Fishermen (VBB), Bavaria

Record of Parliamentary Votes

Election Campaign 2009

Albert Dess has not yet pledged to any of the four issues presented by the Election Campaign:

• to provide leadership in lobbying transparency and ethics,
• to provide leadership in reforming financial architecture,
• to promote a full-scale rethink of the EU trade policy,
• to promote corporate accountability.

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Personal Information

Curriculum Vitae

• Agricultural college (graduated 1966).
• Master's in agriculture (1979).
• Secondary occupation as farmer.
• Worked in commerce and industry.
• Managing director of a farming cooperative.
• Full-time farmer/training establishment (1977).
• District Chairman of the Junge Union (1974).
• Member of the CSU district executive (1981).
• Municipal Chairman of the CSU (1984).
• District Chairman (1987).
• Regional Vice-Chairman (1989-1995) and Regional Chairman (1995) of the CSU Agricultural Association.
• Member of the CSU district executive (1989).
• Member of the CSU Regional Executive Committee (1997).
• Chairman of the CSU Regional Group working party for Agriculture, Consumer Protection, Environment, Transport, Building and Energy (2000-2004).
• Municipal Councillor, Berngau (1972-1996).
• District Councillor, Neumarkt/Oberpfalz (1978).
• Mayor of Berngau (1984-1996).
• Vice-Chairman of Neumarkt/Oberpfalz district council (1984-1996).
• Member of the Bundestag (1990-2004).
• Farm policy spokesman for the CSU Regional Group in the Bundestag (1992-2004).
• Member of the CDU/CSU Group Executive Committee (1997-2004).
• Federal Cross of Merit with ribbon (1998).

Contact

Address:

Parlement européen

Bât. Altiero Spinelli

15E246

60, rue Wiertz / Wiertzstraat 60

B-1047 Bruxelles/Brussel

Phone:

+32 (0)2 28 45231

Fax:

+32 (0)2 28 49231

Email:

albert.dess@europarl.europa.eu

Website:

http://www.albert-dess.de

This article is part of the MEPedia project of Spinwatch.

Resources

• European Parliament, Erklärung der finanziellen Interessen der Mitglieder: Albert Dess, 14 January 2009, accessed 06 March 2009.
• European Parliament, Erklärung der finanziellen Interessen der Mitglieder: Albert Dess, 09 July 2009, accessed 18 November 2009.
• European Parliament, MEP Directory: Albert Dess, accessed 06 March 2009.
• European Parliament, MEP Directory: Albert Dess, accessed 26 October 2010.