Austrian Seniors' Association
The Austrian Seniors' Union is a sub-organization of the Austrian People's Party . It sees itself as a non-profit advocacy group for the older generation and, with around 300,000 members and around 2,200 district and local groups, is the largest of the ÖVP groups.
The former President of the National Council, Andreas Khol, was Federal Chairman from 2005 to January 2016 . He succeeded the deceased former Vice Governor of Carinthia, Stefan Knafl , who had previously been Chairman of the Seniors' Union for twelve years. In January 2016, Khol succeeded his previous deputy Ingrid Korosec .
The organization is comparable to the senior citizens 'union of the CDU and the senior citizens' union of the CSU in Germany .
Federal chairmen
- 1952 to 1967: Karl Holaubek (member of the Viennese state parliament) and Leopold Hartl
- 1967 to 1971: Herbert Guglberger
- 1971 to February 1973: Management Johanna Platter, Erich Urban and Erich Troppmann
- from March 1973: Otto Hofmann-Wellenhof
- 1976 to November 14, 1988: Hermann Withalm
- Franz Wegart
- October 1992 to June 2, 2005: Stefan Knafl
- September 20, 2005 to January 2016: Andreas Khol
- since September 14, 2016: Ingrid Korosec
Web links
See also
Pensioners Association of Austria
Individual evidence
- ↑ Austrian Seniors' Association. What do we want? . Retrieved October 11, 2019.
- ↑ Senior Citizens Association: Andreas Khol hands over to Ingrid Korosec . OTS report of January 14, 2016, accessed on April 24, 2016.
- ↑ a b Austrian Senior Citizens Association: Our History ( Memento of the original from April 24, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Retrieved May 3, 2017.
