Bernhard Gratzer

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Bernhard Gratzer (born June 17, 1956 in Schwanenstadt ) is a former Austrian politician ( FPÖ ) and professional officer. Gratzer was regional party leader of the FPÖ Lower Austria, a member of the National Council and a member of the Lower Austria state parliament .

education and profession

After elementary school, Gratzer attended grammar school and then graduated from the Theresian Military Academy . He was promoted to lieutenant in 1979 and between 1979 and 1984 was chief officer, battery commander and teaching officer at the artillery school in Baden . He then worked in the cabinet of the Federal Minister for National Defense between 1984 and 1986 and from 1987 was a consultant in the Department of General Military Planning.

politics

Gratzer was initially involved in the service committee of the 1st Panzer Grenadier Division in Baden between 1979 and 1983 and was a member of the central committee of the Federal Ministry for National Defense from 1987. In 1985 he was elected federal chairman of the Working Group of Freedom Members of the Army, in 1988 he also took over the federal chairmanship of the Action Group of Independents and Liberals (AUF).

As a result, Gratzer was active in regional politics in Lower Austria, took on the role of a member of the regional party executive of the FPÖ Lower Austria between 1988 and 1998, was regional party chairman between 1990 and 1992 and from 1992 regional party chairman of the FPÖ Lower Austria 1992–1998. In addition, Gratzer represented the FPÖ between November 5, 1990 and June 7, 1993 in the National Council and on June 7, 1993 he moved to the Lower Austrian Landtag, where he also took over the office of FPÖ club chairman. He was also a local councilor in Münchendorf from 1995 to 1997 .

In the course of the Peter Rosenstingl affair , legal inquiries were initiated against Gratzer. On May 13, 1998, he renounced his mandate as of June 5, and was arrested on June 2 after his immunity was lifted by the state parliament and a house search was carried out on his return from vacation. Gratzer then revoked his resignation and was released on June 15. Gratzer was excluded from the FPÖ and then worked as a “wild” member of the Lower Austrian state parliament. He joined the party The Democrats in 1999 and was its state party leader from January 14th. Gratzer, who subsequently ran for The Democrats in the 1999 National Council election, left the state parliament on April 24, 2003.

In March 2000, Gratzer was sentenced to a partial prison term in the Rosenstingl trial for infidelity.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ ots.at Bernhard Gratzer about to make a comeback - ex-FP-NÖ boss running for "Democrats", January 13, 1999
  2. ^ Wiener Zeitung: Judgment: Peter Rosenstingl was imprisoned for seven years , March 16, 2000

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personal data
SURNAME Gratzer, Bernhard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian military and politician (FPÖ), member of the state parliament, member of the National Council
DATE OF BIRTH June 17, 1956
PLACE OF BIRTH Schwanenstadt