ÖVP parliamentary club

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Temporary building on Heldenplatz in Vienna ; this is where the clubs' offices are located during the renovation work in the parliament building

Club chairman August Wöginger (2017)

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The ÖVP Parliamentary Club (officially Parliamentary Club of the Austrian People's Party ) has been in existence since the beginning of the XXVI. Legislative period the club with the largest number of members in the Austrian National Council . In the parliamentary elections in 2019 were on the list of short-Sebastian 71 ÖVP club members elected to the National Council. The current club chairman is August Wöginger . The incumbent President of the National Council, Wolfgang Sobotka, is also a member of the club.

Personnel

2017

After the constitution of the newly elected National Council on November 9, 2017, Sebastian Kurz was first elected as club chairman and Elisabeth Köstinger as president of the national council. On December 19, 2017, August Wöginger became the new chairman of the club and on December 20, Wolfgang Sobotka became the new President of the National Council.

2018

On September 5, 2018, Efgani Dönmez was expelled from the club, reducing the number of members from 62 to 61.

2019

After the National Council election in 2019 , the ÖVP Club voted before the beginning of the XXVII. Legislative period on October 22, 2019 Sebastian Kurz as club chairman. August Wöginger was appointed the first deputy club boss, Wolfgang Sobotka was nominated as President of the National Council. Peter Haubner , Georg Strasser , Michael Hammer , Elisabeth Köstinger , Angelika Winzig , Gaby Schwarz and Karl Bader were elected as further deputy chairmen .

Before the formation of the Federal Government Kurz II , August Wöginger was re-elected as club chairman on January 3, 2020.

Club chairmen

Surname	image	from	to
Julius Raab		1945	1953
Alfred Maleta		1953	1962
Felix Hurdes		1962	1966
Hermann Withalm		1966	1970
Stephan Koren		1970	1978
Josef Taus		1978	1979
Alois Mock		1979	1987
Friedrich Koenig		1987	1990
Heinrich Neisser		1990	1994
Andreas Khol		1994	1999
Wolfgang bowl		1999	2000
Andreas Khol		2000	2002
Wolfgang bowl		2002	2003
Wilhelm Molterer		2003	2006
Wolfgang bowl		2006	2008
Josef Pröll		2008	2008
Karlheinz head		2008	2013
Michael Spindelegger		2013	2013
Reinhold Lopatka		2013	2017
Sebastian Kurz		2017	2017
August Wöginger		2017	2019
Sebastian Kurz		2019	2020
August Wöginger		2020

Current management of the club

The current club chairman is August Wöginger . His deputies are Karl Bader , Peter Haubner , Karl Nehammer , Gaby Schwarz and Georg Strasser . Club director is Martin Falb.

Area Spokesperson

The area speakers of the ÖVP Parliamentary Club as of January 13, 2020 are:

Area	Area Spokesperson
European and foreign policy	Reinhold Lopatka
Vocational training / apprentices	Martina Kaufmann
education and Science	Rudolf Taschner
budget	Gabriel Obernosterer
Digitization, Research and Innovation	Maria Theresia Niss
energy	Tanja Graf
family	Norbert Sieber
Finances	Karlheinz head
federalism	Karl Bader
Women	Elisabeth Pfurtscheller
Voluntary work and non-profit status	Andreas Hanger
Communities	Manfred Hofinger
health	Gaby Schwarz
Home and Security	Karl Mahrer
international Developement	Martin Engelberg
Integration and migration	Ernst Gödl
youth	Claudia Plakolm
Judiciary	Michaela Steinacker
consumer protection	Peter Weidinger
Arts and Culture	Maria Grossbauer
National defense and disaster control	Michael Hammer
Agriculture and rural areas	Georg Strasser
media	Alexander Melchior
People with disabilities (inclusion)	Kira Grünberg
Human rights and displaced persons	Gudrun Kugler
Public service	Friedrich Ofenauer
Petitions and citizens' initiatives	Nicholas Prince
Court of Auditors	Hermann Gahr
Regional policy and ethnic groups	Nikolaus Berlakovich
Seniors	Ingrid Korosec
Social	August Wöginger
Sports	Christoph Zarits
South-Tirol	Hermann Gahr
Students and pupils	Nico Marchetti
Telecommunications and Network Policy	Eva-Maria Himmelbauer
Animal welfare	Franz Leonhard Eßl
tourism	Karl Schmidhofer
Environment and climate protection	Johannes Schmuckenschlager
Constitution	Wolfgang Gerstl
traffic	Andreas Ottenschläger
Ombudsman	Martina Diesner-Wais
Economy and industry	Peter Haubner
Housing and buildings	Johann Singer
Community service	Lukas Brandweiner

offices

Due to the renovation of the parliament building , the offices of the MPs and the clubs are housed in two temporary buildings on Heldenplatz in Vienna . The National Council itself meets in the Great Redoutensaal in the Hofburg .

See also

• Austrian People's Party

Web links

• Website of the ÖVP parliamentary club

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Sebastian Kurz new chairman of the ÖVP, Elisabeth Köstinger candidate for the election as President of the National Council. In: ots.at. Press office of the ÖVP parliamentary club, November 8, 2017, accessed on December 10, 2018 . 
2. ^ Wöginger new ÖVP club chairman. In: sn.at. December 19, 2017, accessed December 10, 2018 . 
3. ↑ Weak result for Sobotka. In: wienerzeitung.at. Republic of Austria, December 20, 2017, accessed December 10, 2018 . 
4. ↑ Efgani Dönmez, PMM. In: parlament.gv.at. Parliamentary Directorate, accessed December 10, 2018 . 
5. ↑ ÖVP unanimously elected Kurz as club chairman. In: ORF.at . October 22, 2019, accessed October 22, 2019 . 
6. ↑ https://ooe.orf.at/stories/3028558/
7. ↑ NATIONAL COUNCIL AND FEDERAL COUNCIL: Official list of MEMBERS, COMMITTEES and CLUBS. In: parlament.gv.at. Parliamentary Directorate, December 5, 2018, accessed December 10, 2018 . 
8. ↑ clubs. In: parlament.gv.at. Parliamentary Directorate, accessed January 15, 2020 . 
9. ↑ ÖVP appoints area spokespersons - ANNEX. January 9, 2020, accessed January 15, 2020 . 
10. ^ Whoever speaks for the ÖVP in the National Council. In: The press . January 10, 2020, accessed January 15, 2020 .