Barbara Kolm

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Barbara Kolm (born Barbara Lamprecht in Innsbruck on November 28, 1964 ) is an Austrian economist and former politician ( FPÖ ). She is the head of the Friedrich A. v. Hayek Institute (since 2000) and member of other business-liberal organizations, the Supervisory Board of ÖBB-Holding AG (February 2018 to May 2020) and the University Council of the Vienna University of Economics and Business (since 2018) and, since September 1, 2018, Vice-President of the General Council of the Oesterreichische Nationalbank .

Life

Barbara Kolm has headed the Friedrich A. v. Hayek Institute , which sees itself in the tradition of the economically liberal Austrian School of Economics . As a board member of the Austrian Economics Center, member of the Mont Pèlerin Society and President of the European Center for Economic Growth, she is dedicated to promoting a free market and deregulation . She is also Associate Professor for the Austrian School of Economics at the Donja Gorica Private University near Podgorica in Montenegro .

From 1994 to 2000 and 2003 to 2006 Kolm was for the FPÖ in the Innsbruck municipal council, where she headed the control committee. In 2011 she was invited by the FPÖ as an expert to the parliament's budget committee. In June 2016 the FPÖ nominated Kolm for the position of President of the Court of Auditors , but was not elected by the National Council.

After the Federal Government Kurz I , an ÖVP -FPÖ coalition, took office as part of the negotiating team on the part of the FPÖ, she became a member of this body when the Supervisory Board of ÖBB-Holding AG was replaced in February 2018, but became a member Not re-ordered at the end of May 2020. From 2018 to 2023 she is a member of the University Council of the Vienna University of Economics and Business, delegated by the government . On August 22, 2018, she was designated by the Council of Ministers of the Federal Government as Vice-President of the General Council of the Austrian National Bank , which was to be newly appointed .

In March 2018 Kolm was nominated by the FPÖ as an expert in the parliament's health committee. She spoke out in favor of lifting the ban on smoking in restaurants. The Austrian Economics Center, run by Barbara Kolm, received several donations from the tobacco industry. At the request of the news magazine Profil , Japan Tobacco International and British American Tobacco each confirmed a donation in 2018.

Kolm worked for several years as a management consultant and for this branch also as a representative in the UBIT trade association of the Austrian Chamber of Commerce .

Publications

  • (Ed.): Dictionary of Economic Terms: From A posteriori to earmarked tax. German-English, English-German, Echomedia Buchverlag, Vienna 2010, ISBN 978-3-902672-32-2 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ ÖBB Supervisory Board is colored green, red and black. In: DerStandard.at . May 27, 2020, accessed May 28, 2020 .
  2. ^ Austrian Economics Center: Board , accessed on August 22, 2018
  3. ^ Die Presse : Budget Committee: FPÖ criticizes "absurd proposals" , November 4, 2011
  4. ↑ derStandard.at - Court of Auditors: Greens and Neos nominate Kickinger for senior positions . Article dated June 3, 2016, accessed June 4, 2016.
  5. ^ Diepresse.com: Barbara Kolm . Retrieved June 4, 2016.
  6. ^ Kurier : You should form the future coalition , October 31, 2017
  7. ↑ orf.at: ÖBB supervisory board newly constituted . Article dated February 28, 2018, accessed February 28, 2018.
  8. ↑ orf.at: New ÖBB supervisory board - FPÖ outraged . Article dated May 28, 2020, accessed May 31, 2020.
  9. ↑ derStandard.at: University councils are almost complete now . Article dated April 30, 2018, accessed May 3, 2018.
  10. ^ University Council of WU Vienna . Retrieved May 3, 2018.
  11. ↑ Der Standard : WKO boss Mahrer becomes President of the National Bank , 22 August 2018
  12. ↑ Kleine Zeitung: Smoking ban: FPÖ "Expert" took money from the tobacco industry . Article dated April 6, 2019, accessed April 7, 2019.
  13. ↑ Profile: Barbara Kolms Austrian Economics Center received "five-figure amount" from tobacco companies . Article dated April 6, 2019, accessed April 7, 2019.
personal data
SURNAME Kolm, Barbara
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Lamprecht, Barbara (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian economist and former politician (FPÖ)
DATE OF BIRTH November 28, 1964
PLACE OF BIRTH innsbruck