Austrian officers' society

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The Austrian Officers Society (ÖOG) was founded as an association on January 26th, 1960. It is the umbrella organization of 9 state officers' societies. Its members are both professional and militia and reserve officers.

Austrian officers' society

The ÖOG defines itself as the "security policy conscience of the Republic of Austria " and sees its task, among other things, in " on the one hand as an intermediary between military and security experts and laypeople and on the other hand as the warning conscience for developments that do not coincide with the understanding of the members of the OG cover "to act. The ÖOG also publishes its own magazine, "Der Officer".

Since Austria joined the "Partnership for Peace" (PfP) in 1995, the ÖOG has been a member of the Confédération Interalliée des Officiers de Réserve (CIOR). In 2015, the ÖOG played a key role in the establishment of the " Wehrhaftes Österreich platform , umbrella organization for Austrian military associations".

President

  • 1st President from January 26, 1960 - April 12, 1961: General of the Artillery Emil Liebitzky (deceased in office)
  • General Erwin Fussenegger leads interim as Vice President from April 12, 1961 to December 9, 1961
  • 2nd President from December 9th, 1961 - May 6th, 1966: Cabinet Director retired First Lieutenant (retired) Alexander Toldt
  • 3rd President from May 6, 1966 - November 29, 1969: District Captain Franz Schmidt
  • 4th President from November 29, 1969 - December 6, 1975: Colonel dRes Franz Palla
  • 5th President from December 6, 1975 - June 23, 1979: Lieutenant Colonel dRes Karl Hamerl
  • 6th President from June 23, 1979 - November 4, 1999: First Lieutenant GenDir. Michael Malzacher
  • 7th President from November 4, 1999 - November 17, 2007: Brigadier Adolf Eber
  • 8th President from November 17, 2007 - November 9, 2013: Captain Eduard Paulus
  • 9th President from November 9, 2013 - ongoing: Brigadier Erich Cibulka

Conscription and Defense Budget Controversies

In January 2011 there was a conflict between the ÖOG and Defense Minister Norbert Darabos over the planned abolition of compulsory military service and the illegal recall of the chief of staff, General Edmund Entacher . He responded to a request for resignation with a statement at a press conference, in which he equated the meaning of the "club" with that of the SC Croatian Minihof . In May 2011, Christian Segur-Cabanac was first withdrawn from the Ministry of Defense as a liaison person and subsequently the subsidy (most recently 5,500 euros annually) was canceled by the Ministry, while the NCOs continued to receive it. A connection with the conflict was denied by the ministry.

After the referendum on compulsory military service on January 20, 2013, Gerald Klug was sworn in as the new Minister of Defense, with whom the tone normalized again. However, the ÖOG continued to advocate that the constitutional requirements for the Austrian Armed Forces , the goals of the Austrian Security Strategy of July 2013 and the clear majority decision of the population in the referendum on conscription in Austria 2013 are implemented. She therefore criticized the fact that, due to the austerity measures taken in recent years, the armed forces were no longer sufficiently ready, the legally anchored militia system was starved and legal opportunities for recruiting young people (Section 21, Paragraph 3 of the Defense Act) were not used. The "Structural Package ÖBH 2018" presented in October 2014 was therefore heavily criticized. The National Council supported this criticism on November 26th, 2015 with a unanimous motion for a resolution calling on Defense Minister Klug to reconsider his austerity package.

Consequently, the ÖOG demanded that Minister Hans Peter Doskozil , who was sworn in on January 26, 2016, reverse the trend and agreed to support a better budget. The repeated demands and 45,000 signatures in a citizens' initiative against the destruction of the armed forces showed success insofar as it was decided to increase the BH budget by 1.3 billion euros for the years 2016–2020.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ orf.at - change at the top of the officers' society . Article dated November 9, 2013, accessed November 9, 2013.
  2. ^ ORF online on January 25, 2011
  3. ^ Ministry cancels officers' society funding on ORF from May 8, 2011, accessed on May 8, 2011.
  4. ↑ Austrian Security Strategy July 2013
  5. ^ Final result of the 2013 referendum
  6. ^ Ö1 morning journal of July 22, 2014: The armed forces are bleeding to death
  7. ↑ APA / OTS of October 3, 2014: Federal government ruins the armed forces
  8. ↑ APA / OTS of January 29, 2016: Officers' Association supports new defense minister
  9. ^ Ö1 morning journal on March 25, 2016: Officers' society insists on more money
  10. ↑ orf.at on April 19, 2016
  11. ↑ Bundesheer: Sicherheitsmilliarde plus ( Memento of the original from June 26, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.bundesheer.at