The former President of the State Parliament and President of the Central Committee of German Catholics is dead. As the Bavarian State Parliament announced, Alois Glück died on Monday morning at the age of 84 in a Munich clinic.
State Parliament President Ilse Aigner was dismayed by the death of Glück, who was CSU parliamentary group leader in the state parliament for 15 years: “He was an extraordinary politician who made a name for himself as a thought leader and pioneer for decades, especially in environmental and social policy. One Sustainable development of rural areas and at the same time the protection of nature – this is what Alois Glück always stood for and at the same time relied on innovation.” Due to his straightforward and balancing nature, Glück was always a sought-after mediator when it came to bringing together different opinions and views into a good compromise.
Bavaria’s Prime Minister Markus Söder (CSU) is also deeply dismayed. On the short message service X he writes that luck has always been a strong voice and moral authority that will be missed.
Manfred Weber, leader of the EPP party and group in the European Parliament, also praises Glück on X as a “moral and political authority”. Happiness sees change not as a threat, “but as an opportunity and normality,” writes the CSU politician there.
In 1988 Alois Glück took over the chairmanship of the CSU parliamentary group
Alois Glück was a member of the state parliament for 38 years. For twelve years – from 1974 to 1986 – he headed the Committee for Regional Development and Environmental Issues before moving to the state government as State Secretary in the same department. In 1988, the CSU parliamentary group elected him to head it, and he remained chairman until 2003.
The trained farmer and passionate mountain hiker was involved in numerous honorary positions until the end. Whether as honorary chairman of the Bavarian Mountain Rescue Service or in the Southeast Bavarian Hospice Network – for Glück, his commitment to people was a solid foundation in his work, as the state parliament reports. From 1983 onwards, Alois Glück was also active in the Central Committee of German Catholics and was its president from 2009 to 2015.
In 2019, Glück chaired the round table on species protection convened by Prime Minister Söder. The aim was to reconcile the interests of farmers in Bavaria with the demands of the successful “Save the Bees” referendum. As a result, everyone involved praised Glück’s commitment and successful overcoming of existing conflicts.