Alexander Petschnig

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Alexander Petschnig (born March 29, 1973 in Klagenfurt ) is an Austrian politician ( FPÖ ). From 2015 to 2020 he was regional councilor in the Burgenland state government and in the state government Niessl IV and the state government Doskozil I, responsible for economy and tourism . He has been a member of the Burgenland State Parliament since February 17, 2020 .

Life

Alexander Petschnig grew up in Carinthia . After completing his studies at the Vienna University of Economics and Business , Petschnig worked, among other things, in investment banking and in the group auditing of the Federal Ministry of Finance .

Petschnig lives in Neusiedl am See . Before that he was a local councilor and deputy FPÖ local party chairman in Illmitz from 2012 to 2018 . Before joining the Burgenland provincial government, he was one of three honorary managing directors of the Illmitzer Tourismusanlagen Betriebsgesellschaft. In 2013 he was appointed club director of the FPÖ state parliament club in Eisenstadt . In this role, he managed and organized the FPÖ's successful election campaign for the 2015 state elections in Burgenland . As a member of the negotiating team of the FPÖ Burgenland, he contributed to the creation of the red-blue state government Niessl IV.

On July 9, 2015, the state parliament appointed him a member of the Burgenland state government. In April 2016 he was elected by the state party congress to one of three deputy state party officials of the FPÖ Burgenland. In June 2016, he was also elected district party chairman of the FPÖ Neusiedl am See .

Petschnig acts as the deputy chairman of the supervisory board of the Landesholding Burgenland GmbH, in which all major holdings of the state are combined and managed jointly.

In his areas of responsibility, economy and tourism, great successes could be shown right from the start. In both 2015 and 2016, Burgenland recorded the highest economic growth of all Austrian federal states, and in 2016 it was possible for the first time to pass the long-term target of 3 million overnight stays. In addition, several major investments were made in Burgenland.

As part of the formation of the Federal Government Short I after the National Council election in 2017 , he negotiated on the FPÖ side in the Finance and Taxes section.

In the 2020 state elections , he ran behind top candidate Johann Tschürtz and Ilse Benkö in third place on the state list and as the top candidate in state constituency 1 and was sworn in as a member of the Burgenland state parliament on February 17, 2020.

After the state election, Johann Tschürtz announced his resignation as FPÖ state party leader. Petschnig was nominated as his successor in the Presidium, the election was originally planned for the state party conference on March 7, 2020. At the end of February 2020, Manfred Haidinger announced his candidacy for the state party chairmanship of the FPÖ Burgenland . Petschnig asked FPÖ federal party leader Norbert Hofer to lead the FPÖ Burgenland as chairman, on March 7, 2020 Norbert Hofer was elected regional party leader. Petschnig received 87 of 142 valid votes and was elected deputy party chairman with 61 percent.

Web links

Individual evidence

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  24. ^ FPÖ Club. Retrieved July 8, 2020 .
  25. ↑ Resignation by election: FPÖ boss von Doskozil "disappointed". In: Kurier.at . January 28, 2020, accessed January 29, 2020 .
  26. ^ FPÖ Burgenland chief Tschürtz resigns. In: ORF.at . January 28, 2020, accessed January 28, 2020 .
  27. ^ FPÖ Burgenland before the vote: Petschnig versus Haidinger. In: Kurier.at . February 24, 2020, accessed February 25, 2020 .
  28. ↑ Hofer is to become FPÖ state party leader. In: ORF.at . March 5, 2020, accessed March 5, 2020 .
  29. ↑ Hofer elected as FPÖ state party leader. In: ORF.at . March 7, 2020, accessed March 7, 2020 .
  30. ^ FPÖ Burgenland: 50 percent hurdle was too high for some candidates. In: Burgenland People's Newspaper . March 8, 2020, accessed March 9, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Petschnig, Alexander
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Petschnig, Alexander Johannes
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian politician (FPÖ), regional councilor and member of the regional parliament in Burgenland
DATE OF BIRTH March 29, 1973