Thorsten Glauber

Since 12 November 2018, Glauber has served as the current Bavarian State Minister for Environmental and Consumer Protection Affairs in the second Söder Cabinet.

In the State Elections of 2008, he campaigned in the district of Forchheim, earning 23.4% of the vote, moving Glauber from the party list of Upper Franconia to the Bavarian Parliament for the first time.

Glauber won 26.4% of the vote in the Bavarian State Elections of 2013, the best electoral result of any Free Voter candidate in Bavaria.

After the establishment of the Black-Orange Coalition Government between the CSU Party (Christian Socialist Union, led by Markus Söder, Bavarian Prime Minister) and the Free Voters, Glauber was appointed Bavarian State Minister for Climate and Consumer Protection Affairs in Söder’s second Cabinet.

[3] He serves as the spokesperson on Construction, Energy, Transportation, Economics and Sport policy for the Free Voters Parliamentary Faction.