Josef Krainer junior

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Josef Krainer junior (born August 26, 1930 in Graz , Styria ; † December 30, 2016 there ) was an Austrian politician ( ÖVP ) and governor of Styria from 1981 to 1996 . He was born into a politically active family. His father Josef Krainer senior was Governor of Styria from 1948 to 1971.

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After elementary school, grammar school and studying law (Dr. iur.) At the University of Graz, Josef Krainer was Secretary General of the Catholic Action in Styria from 1956 to 1962 . He also studied for a year at the Bologna Center of the American Johns Hopkins University in Italy. He joined the Styrian Farmers' Union , a sub-organization of the ÖVP, and became its director in 1969. In 1970 he became a member of the National Council , two years later Krainer was elected regional party chairman (party chairman). Between 1971 and 1980 he held the office of a regional council (including for agriculture and forestry).

In 1980 he succeeded Friedrich Niederl as governor of Styria. In the Styrian state election in 1981 , he prevailed against the social democratic candidate. Krainer won an absolute majority in state elections in 1981 and 1986. He was Governor of Styria until 1996. He was considered an advocate of an independent course of his country and his party towards federal politics. Among other things, he promoted the expansion of the high-level transport network in Styria, advocated environmental protection projects such as the desulphurisation of power plants and advocated a cosmopolitan Styria - for example through the creation of the Afro-Asian Institute. He also sponsored the Styrian Autumn . The crisis of the nationalized industry in the Mur-Mürz-Furche also fell during his term of office . In 1996 he resigned after the ÖVP was barely able to hold first place and had lost eight percentage points, and Waltraud Klasnic was his successor.

He was an honorary member of the Catholic student union AV Austria Innsbruck .

Josef Krainer died on December 30, 2016 and was buried at the cemetery in the St. Veit district of Graz .

Awards (excerpt)

* former municipalities

literature

  • Ernst Trost: Josef Krainer II. The last sovereign. Ibera & Molden Verlag, Vienna 1996, ISBN 3-900436-34-7 .
  • Hans Werner Scheidl: The monarchs of the Second Republic. (Portrait of governors). Ueberreuter, Vienna 2002, ISBN 3-8000-3847-1 .

Web links

Commons : Josef Krainer junior  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Josef Krainer is dead . Kronen-Zeitung , December 30, 2016, accessed on December 31, 2016
  2. ↑ Former Styrian Governor Krainer borne in his grave on diepresse.com on January 9, 2017, accessed on January 9, 2017


personal data
SURNAME Krainer, Josef junior
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian politician (ÖVP), member of the state parliament, member of the national council
DATE OF BIRTH August 26, 1930
PLACE OF BIRTH Graz , Styria
DATE OF DEATH December 30, 2016
Place of death Graz , Styria