Bernhard Tilg

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Bernhard Tilg (2015)

Bernhard Tilg (born September 1, 1967 in Zams , Tyrol ) is an Austrian politician . He has been a regional councilor in Tyrol since 2008. At the beginning of May 2021 he announced his resignation as member of the state council.

biography

After attending school in Landeck and Innsbruck, he studied electrical engineering in Graz, graduated in 1991 as a graduate engineer and received his doctorate in technical sciences in 1995 . After a research stay at the University of California from 1998 to 1999, he became a university lecturer at the Graz University of Technology in 1999 . In 2000 he received the Start Prize , Austria's most highly endowed science prize for young researchers under the age of 35.

In 2002 he was appointed professor at the private university for health sciences, medical informatics and technology (UMIT TIROL) in Hall in Tirol and shortly afterwards he was appointed vice rector . Between 2004 and 2008 he was rector and managing director of UMIT TIROL.

politics

On July 1, 2008 Tilg, who is a member of the Austrian People's Party (ÖVP) , was elected by Governor Günther Platter to the provincial council in the Tyrolean provincial government . In this function, he presented a new state rescue law in 2009.

On May 24, 2013 Tilg was elected to the provincial council once again by the Tyrolean state parliament . His departmental responsibilities in the Platter II state government include

  • Health policy; Health care, including community medical services, ambulance, and mortuary and funeral services; Health resorts, natural healing resources; Food control; medical radiation protection; hospital-related addiction issues and addiction prevention center of the state; school medical service; Health professional affairs; Hospitals; Personnel matters for employees at TILAK; State holdings in TILAK and ELGA GmbH;
  • Health and social district; Care allowance; Home affairs;
  • University affairs; Technical colleges; Science Promotion Fund.

Tilg was a member of the Young Curia of the Austrian Academy of Sciences (ÖAW) from 2008 to 2015 .

criticism

In his role as the Tyrolean Health Councilor , Bernhard Tilg and Franz Hörl (ÖVP) came under massive criticism because of the COVID-19 pandemic . The accusation was that, despite the risk of the SARS-CoV-2 virus spreading, the operation of the ski areas had not stopped in good time for economic reasons and had not taken appropriate measures. Therefore, according to critics, there was a spread of COVID-19 within the ski areas . The virus spread to many other European countries through infected guests and tourism employees. Health Councilor Tilg refused to resign in May and claimed to have "done everything right". A commission of inquiry chaired by former OGH Vice President Ronald Rohrer presented its final report on October 12, 2020.

At the beginning of May 2021, he announced his resignation as member of the regional government of Platter III . This is in connection with the award of a contract by the State of Tyrol to the company HG Pharma worth 8 million euros, which was carried out without a tender. The head of HG Pharma, Ralf Herwig, was also banned from working after he was convicted of attempted tax evasion and proceedings for multiple bodily harm in his work as a urologist is pending. On May 5, 2021, at the same time as Tilg's successor as state councilor was announced, Günther Platter announced that he would also terminate the contract with HG Pharma.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b After Zoller-Frischauf: Health Councilor Tilg also resigns. In: Tyrolean daily newspaper . May 4, 2021, accessed May 4, 2021 .
  2. ^ LR Bernhard Tilg presents the Tyrolean Rescue Service Act 2009
  3. ^ Former members of the Junge Akademie. In: oeaw.ac.at . Retrieved March 17, 2020.
  4. ^ "Everything done right": Tyrolean Health Councilor Tilg in "ZiB 2" - derStandard.at. Retrieved March 24, 2020 (Austrian German).
  5. ↑ tirol ORF at / agencies red: LR Tilg (ÖVP) is not thinking of resigning. May 11, 2020, accessed May 12, 2020 .
  6. ↑ tirol ORF at red: Ischgl investigative commission is set up. June 3, 2020, accessed June 6, 2020 .
  7. ↑ ORF at / Agencies red: "Erroneous assessments": Expert report on Ischgl stirs up dust. October 12, 2020, accessed May 5, 2021 .
  8. ↑ tagesschau.de: Experts see serious failures
  9. ↑ PCR test scandal: Tyrol discontinues cooperation with HG Pharma. Retrieved May 5, 2021 (Austrian German).
  10. ↑ Christoph Rauth: Causa HG Pharma causes excitement among Tyrolean opposition, country defends laboratory. May 4, 2021, accessed May 5, 2021 .
personal data
SURNAME Tilg, Bernhard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian politician (ÖVP) and regional councilor in Tyrol
DATE OF BIRTH September 1, 1967
PLACE OF BIRTH Zams , state of Tyrol