Albrecht Glaser
Albrecht Heinz Erhard Glaser is a German politician. From 1997 to 2001, he served as the treasurer of Frankfurt.
Education and personal life
Glaser studied at the Heidelberg University, the University of Tübingen and the German University of [Administrative Sciences, Speyer].Glaser is in his second marriage and has four children.
Politics
Glaser joined the Christian [Democratic Union of Germany|Christian Democratic Union] in 1970. As a local politician, he was Mayor of Bretten, and later from 1980 to 1987 of Waldbronn.From 1995, he was on the city Council of Frankfurt, and in 1997 took on the position of city treasurer.
In the 16th Federal Convention (2017), Glaser was the Alternative for Germany's candidate for President of Germany. He received 42 out of 1,253 electoral votes on the first ballot and finished third behind Frank-Walter Steinmeier and Christoph Butterwegge.
In the 2017 German federal election, he was elected as member of the Bundestag. On 27 September 2017, the AfD group announced that it would propose Glaser as candidate for Vice President of the Bundestag. However, after three rounds of voting, he could not secure the required majority.