Andreas Reichhardt

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Andreas Reichhardt (2019)

Andreas Reichhardt (born October 23, 1968 in Vienna ) is an Austrian civil servant. From June 3, 2019 to January 7, 2020 he was Federal Minister for Transport, Innovation and Technology for the Bierlein Federal Government .

Life

After primary school, Andreas Reichhardt attended the Lycée Français de Vienne and the Bundesgymnasium Vienna II. After graduating from high school , he began studying law at the University of Vienna , which he completed with a master's degree.

He began his professional career at Biodroga Cosmetics GesmbH in the area of ​​organizational management. He then worked as a parliamentary economic advisor in Thomas Prinzhorn's office. In 2003/04 he was Deputy Head of Cabinet under Minister Hubert Gorbach and advisor at the Federal Ministry for Transport, Innovation and Technology (BMVIT). In 2005 he succeeded Hermann Weber as head of Section III - Innovation and Telecommunications in the Ministry of Transport. From January 1, 2018 to May 22, 2019, he was Secretary General under Minister Norbert Hofer .

Since 2018 he has been a member of the supervisory board of the autobahn and expressway finance company ASFINAG and ÖBB-Holding AG .

politics

Reichhardt is a member of the Academic Grenzlandmannschaft Cimbria , which the documentation archive of the Austrian resistance is said to have overlapped with the group around the convicted neo-Nazi Gottfried Küssel . In his youth, he took part in right-wing military sports exercises with Heinz-Christian Strache . Reichhardt justified himself to the media as follows: " The photos were taken 30 years ago, I can no longer undo them. From today's perspective, what you see there is not only regrettable for me, but also unthinkable. "

Reichardt was District Councilor of the Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ) in Vienna-Landstrasse . In the course of the formation of the Federal Government Short I after the 2017 National Council election , he negotiated on the part of the FPÖ in the sub-group for digitization and innovation. From June 3, 2019 to January 7, 2020 he was Federal Minister for Transport, Innovation and Technology for the Bierlein Federal Government . After swearing in by the Federal Government Kurz II in January 2020, he was again head of Section III for Innovation and Telecommunications.

Web links

Commons : Andreas Reichhardt  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c meineabektiven.at: Andreas Reichhardt . Retrieved June 2, 2019.
  2. ^ Upper Austrian news: The new ministers in brief . Article dated June 2, 2019, accessed June 2, 2019.
  3. ↑ FFG: Section Head Mag. Iur. Andreas Reichhardt . Retrieved June 2, 2019.
  4. ^ Andreas Reichhardt: The controversial "Paintball Minister" . In: Kurier , June 3, 2019. Retrieved November 30, 2019. 
  5. ↑ Christa Zöchling and Jakob Winter: Comrades make careers. In: profile. December 21, 2017, accessed June 2, 2019 .
  6. ↑ Oliver Das Gupta: Strache's comrade in the military becomes a minister . In: Süddeutsche Zeitung , June 3, 2019. Retrieved November 29, 2019. 
  7. ↑ ORF ON Science: Gorbach appoints speakers to head the section. December 22, 2004, accessed June 2, 2019 .
  8. ↑ Addendum : Who Negotiates the Coalition . Article dated November 9, 2017, accessed November 10, 2017.
  9. ↑ www.news.at November 10, 2017: Coalition: Who is negotiating? .
  10. ↑ Graphic: Who is negotiating the coalition . Article of November 9, 2017.
  11. ↑ Transitional period for the transition ministers: Who will be what? In: DerStandard.at . January 8, 2020, accessed January 9, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Reichhardt, Andreas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian civil servant and politician
DATE OF BIRTH October 23, 1968
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna