Loos went through an apprenticeship as a retail salesman after his Abitur from 1976 to 1980 and worked as a salesman at Hertie in Munich.
From 1981 Loos studied economics and political science at the Ludwig-Maximilians-University in Munich, successfully graduating in 1987.[1]
After his studies Loos was appointed managing director of the Kolping Society in Munich.
He is part of the scientific fraternity Palladia, which he reactivated in 1983 after a thirteen-year suspension.
Bernhard Loos is Roman Catholic, married and father of two adult sons. He served his military service in the German Air Force.
Political career
Career in local politics
Loos joined the CSU Munich in 1982 and was a member of the executive board of the Junge Union in Bavaria from 1985 to 1986. During the time of his studies he was involved in the university political student association Ring Christlich-Demokratischer Studenten in Bavaria. There he acted, among other things, as deputy group chairman and was elected as state chairman for 1985 to 1986.
Loos is a member of the CSU district executive in Munich.
For the 2013 German federal election Loos was elected by the CSU delegates' assembly on place 59 of the electoral list,[2] the place was not enough for becoming member of the Bundestag.