Alber was a member of the CDU. He was active in the youth organization Junge Union as district, county and state chairman. From 1971 to 1980 he was chairman of the CDU district association in Stuttgart, which subsequently elected him honorary chairman. From 1969 to 1980, he was a member of the CDU in the German Bundestag for three legislative periods for Baden-Württemberg and a member of the European Parliament from 1977 to 1997. From 1984 to 1992 he was Vice-President of the CDU, having previously been Vice-Chairman of the EPP Group since 1982. He is a founder of the government relations law firm Alber & Geiger in Brussels.
Literature
Herbst, Ludolf; Jahn, Bruno (2002). Vierhaus, Rudolf (ed.). Biographisches Handbuch der Mitglieder des Deutschen Bundestages. 1949–2002 [Biographical Handbook of the Members of the German Bundestag. 1949–2002] (in German). München: De Gruyter - De Gruyter Saur. p. 1715. ISBN978-3-11-184511-1.