Alois Mayer (politician)

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Alois Mayer (born June 14, 1949 in Vienna ) is an Austrian politician ( SPÖ ). From March 1997 to November 2015 he was a member of the Vienna State Parliament and a member of the Vienna City Council .

education and profession

Alois Mayer was born as the son of the road construction foreman Alois Mayer and the seamstress Leopoldine Mayer (née Bohdanecky). He attended elementary school between 1955 and 1959, switched to secondary school in 1959 and began a commercial apprenticeship in retail in 1963, which he completed in 1966. He then worked as a retail salesman until 1968, completed his military service in 1968/69 and then attended the police school from 1969 to 1970. After attending the police school, Mayer worked from 1971 to 1978 as a wholesale merchant in import and export and from 1978 to 1982 was an industrial clerk in nationalized industry. From 1982 to 1986 he was head of department in central purchasing before he became involved in politics as district secretary of the SPÖ- Hietzing (1986-1993). From 1993 to 1996 Mayer was the controller of Sozialbau AG. Mayer is currently an employee of the ARWG.

politics

In addition to his work as district secretary in Hietzing, Mayer was also a district councilor from 1988 to 1991. Between December 1991 and March 1997, Mayer held the position of deputy district chairman in Hietzing before moving to the Vienna state parliament and local council.

As an employee of the ARWG, a society for non-profit housing construction, Mayer and the SPÖ are criticized by the opposition. Since the municipality of Vienna is the company's second largest shareholder, the Vienna SPÖ was accused of improperly “supplying” its mandataries.

On November 14, 2012, Alois Mayer was awarded the Great Silver Medal for Services to the Republic of Austria .

Private

Alois Mayer is married and has one daughter.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Andreas Wetz: Part-time jobs: SPÖ councilors are well looked after . Die Presse Online, December 4, 2007
  2. City Hall correspondence of November 14, 2012

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