Albert Dess

Albert Dess (born 17 April 1947 in Röckersbühl) is a German politician and member of the European Parliament for Bavaria with the Christian Social Union in Bavaria, part of the European People's Party and sits on the European Parliament's Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development.

He is a substitute for the Committee on International Trade, a member of the delegation for relations with Mercosur and a substitute for the delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly.

Volkswagen-written Legislation

Outside Germany, he is best known for trying to introduce in the European Parliament a Volkswagen-written piece of legislation that would have exempted a whole class of vehicle from pollution controls.^[1] The proposal was dropped after the Volkswagen emissions violation scandal erupted and Dress has thus far refused requests to comment on his actions.

Education

1966: Agricultural college (graduated
1979: Master's in agriculture
Secondary occupation as farmer
Worked in commerce and industry
Managing director of a farming cooperative
1977: Full-time farmer/training establishment
1974: District Chairman of the Junge Union
1981: Member of the CSU district executive
1984: Municipal Chairman of the CSU
District Chairman (1987), Regional Vice-Chairman (1989–1995) and Regional Chairman (1995) of the CSU Agricultural Association
1989: Member of the CSU district executive
1997: Member of the CSU Regional Executive Committee

Career

1972-1996: Municipal Councillor, Berngau
1978: District Councillor, Neumarkt/Oberpfalz
1984-1996: Vice-Chairman of Neumarkt/Oberpfalz district council
1984-1996: Mayor of Berngau
1990-2004: Member of the Bundestag
1992-2004: Farm policy spokesman for the CSU Regional Group in the Bundestag
1997-2004: Member of the CDU/CSU Group Executive Committee
2000-2004: Chairman of the CSU Regional Group working party for Agriculture, Consumer Protection, Environment, Transport, Building and Energy