Albert Helmut Weiler is a German politician and since 2013 a member of the German Bundestag.
Education
He studied from 1992 to 1995 at the University of Applied Sciences for Public Administration in Brühl in the Rhineland. In 1995 he graduated with a diploma in public administration (Diplom-Verwaltungswirt). From 1996 to 2002 he studied for a business administration (REFA-Betriebswirt) with a focus on productivity improvement and process optimization at the REFA-Institut Darmstadt / Dortmund.
Career
From 1982 to 1984, Weiler trained as an electrician and in 1986 as an energy plant electrician. In 1990 in Cologne he earned his Abitur with distinction at night school. In 1997 he trained in labour, tariff classification and legislation at the Pedagogical Institute for the Economy in Bebra.
Alongside his job at the Thuringian Institute for Curriculum Development, Teacher Training and Media (ThILLM), Weiler pursued studies from 2007 to 2009 at the Free University of Berlin, earning a master"s degree in public policy.
In 2003, Weiler became deputy chairman of the local Christian Democratic Union federation "Gebirge/Milda" and became chairman in 2010.
Membership
Before becoming a member of parliament in 2013, Weiler was the head of the community administration "Bergbahnregion/Schwarzatal" in Oberweißbach. Since 2004 he has been the honorary mayor of Milda and since 2014 a member of the district council for Saale-Holzland-Kreis. He is a full member of the Committee for Labour and Social Affairs, substitute member of the Committee of Economy and Energy, substitute Member of the Committee on Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs and substitute member of the Advisory Council on Sustainability.