Birgit Hebein

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Birgit Hebein (2020)

Birgit Hebein (born January 13, 1967 in Villach , Carinthia ) is an Austrian politician ( Die Grünen ) and former social worker .

Since June 26, 2019, she has been Vienna's vice mayor and city ​​councilor for urban development, transport, climate protection, energy planning and citizen participation. She is party leader of the Wiener Grünen and their top candidate for the state and municipal council elections in Vienna 2020 .

Hebein was a member of the Rudolfsheim-Fünfhaus district council from 2005 to 2010 and a member of the Vienna State Parliament and a member of the Vienna City Council from 2010 to 2019 .

education and profession

Hebein, who has lived in Vienna since 1986, is a qualified social worker and was employed in the train station social service of Caritas Vienna from 1990 to 1992 . She also worked in other NGO areas and was active in the conscientious objection group (group for total denial).

Politics and functions

Hebein was from 1996 to 1997 at the Austrian Students' Union, responsible for security policy. She was elected district councilor in the district representative elections in 2005 and took over the position of club chairwoman of the Green Rudolfsheim-Fünfhaus on January 1, 2007. Hebein ran for the state and municipal council elections in Vienna and was subsequently sworn in on November 25, 2010 as a member of the Vienna state parliament and a member of the Vienna municipal council. Since then she has been the social spokesperson for the Wiener Grünen . She is a member of the control committee and the council committee for housing, housing and urban renewal. In addition, Hebein is the deputy chairwoman of the local council disability commission. She is also a member of the Immunity College and the Incompatibility Committee.

Hebein describes social and societal politics, integration politics, the demonstration of the "abuse of power by the SPÖ" and the fight against the "human contempt of the FPÖ" as her political priorities.

Hebein is the secretary of the communist youth association " Free Austrian Youth - Movement for Socialism" (FÖJ-BfS).

When hundreds of refugees arrived at Vienna's Westbahnhof in early September 2015, Hebein organized and negotiated with the authorities and ÖBB. In 2018 she drew attention to herself through her commitment in the negotiations for the new Vienna minimum income and her clear criticism of the alcohol ban in public spaces. She argued that this alcohol ban only leads to displacement effects (which then also occurred), and suggested alternatively that moderate alcohol consumption should be allowed in care facilities for the homeless so that they do not have to rely on public space.

In the top election of the Vienna Greens on November 26, 2018, Hebein prevailed against David Ellensohn , Peter Kraus , Benjamin Kaan and Marihan Abensperg-Traun . She is thus party leader and top candidate of the Greens for the next state election in Vienna 2020 . Contrary to the fears of political experts (including that Hebein was a "declaration of war against the SPÖ"), she announced that she wanted to continue working in the red-green coalition until the regular 2020 election date. Since the incumbent Green Deputy Mayor and City Councilor, Maria Vassilakou , announced that she would retire from politics by the summer of 2019 at the latest, Hebein will also take over these offices after Vassilakou's resignation. Vassilakou assured Hebein of their support.

“Yes of course I do left politics. What else?"

- Birgit Hebein : This quote from the press conference on November 27, 2018 on the occasion of her victory in the top election generated a lot of media coverage.

During her first major appearance in front of the party base on December 1, Hebein articulated a restructuring and further opening of the party. The aim is to become more quick-witted and more action-oriented . In addition, you definitely remain an eco-party. She rejected the controversial Lobau tunnel . Hebein calls for a "serious discussion" about a city toll and justifies this with the "250,000 commuters" to Vienna.

Hebein replaced Maria Vassilakou as head of the 81st National Assembly of the Vienna Greens on June 22, 2019 . Since an amendment to the statutes was also resolved on and, for the first time in the history of the Vienna Greens, the role of party chairman , which is common with other parties, was created, she is the first party chairman of the Vienna Greens.

On June 26, 2019, she was elected and sworn in as the successor to Maria Vassilakou as Vienna's Vice Mayor and City Councilor . After Ewa Dziedzic and Daniel Landau waived their mandate in the Landtag, they went to Nikolaus Kunrath .

Private

Hebein is the mother of two children.

Web links

Commons : Birgit Hebein  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ wien ORF at / agencies red: Hebein elected city councilor. June 26, 2019, accessed April 24, 2020 .
  2. ↑ wien ORF at / agencies red: Greens: Hebein now also party leader. June 22, 2019, accessed April 25, 2020 .
  3. ↑ wien ORF at red: Greens chose candidates for the Vienna election. February 15, 2020, accessed April 25, 2020 .
  4. ↑ Oona Kroisleitner: Birgit Hebein: From Carinthia to Vienna with left-wing commitment. In: derStandard.at . Retrieved November 26, 2018 .
  5. ↑ Biography - Birgit Hebein. In: birgithebein.at. Retrieved November 26, 2018 .
  6. ↑ Oona Kroisleitner: Birgit Hebein: From Carinthia to Vienna with left-wing commitment. In: derStandard.at . Retrieved November 26, 2018 .
  7. ↑ Biography - Birgit Hebein. In: birgithebein.at. Retrieved November 26, 2018 .
  8. ↑ Birgit Hebein on the website of the City of Vienna. City of Vienna, accessed on November 27, 2018 .
  9. ↑ My MPs: Birgit Hebein. In: meineabmachen.at. Act.Now and Respekt.net, accessed October 24, 2019 .
  10. ^ "Refugees welcome" - This is how help was given at the Vienna Westbahnhof. In: vice.com . September 1, 2015, accessed September 11, 2015.
  11. ↑ Hell freezes over before we abandon children. In: heute.at . November 23, 2017. Retrieved November 27, 2018 .
  12. ↑ Alexandra Laubner: “Don't fight the poor”. In: wienerzeitung.at . January 30, 2018, accessed November 27, 2018 .
  13. ↑ Hebein to minimum assurance: "Vienna is the human way and makes no policy on the back of people in poverty." Association BIZEPS - Center for Self-Determined Living, October 3, 2017, accessed on November 27, 2018 .
  14. ↑ Hebein, Lichtenegger: alcohol ban at Praterstern does not solve problems. In: ots.at . Grüner Klub in Vienna City Hall, April 22, 2018, accessed on November 27, 2018 .
  15. ↑ Greens criticize the alcohol ban on Praterstern. In: wien.orf.at . April 23, 2018. Retrieved November 27, 2018 .
  16. ↑ Greens: Birgit Hebein is running. In: wien.orf.at . September 4, 2018, accessed November 27, 2018 .
  17. ↑ Greens: Hebein new at the top. In: wien.orf.at . November 26, 2018. Retrieved November 27, 2018 .
  18. ↑ Vienna Green: Birgit Hebein is new frontwoman. In: news.orf.at . November 27, 2018, accessed November 27, 2018 .
  19. ↑ Political expert: Hebein "Kampfansage an SPÖ". In: wien.orf.at . November 27, 2018, accessed November 27, 2018 .
  20. ↑ Hebein adheres to coalition with the SPÖ. November 27, 2018, accessed November 27, 2018 .
  21. ↑ Vassilakou no longer competes. In: wien.orf.at . September 2, 2018, accessed November 27, 2018 .
  22. ^ According to Vassilakou: Viennese Greens in transition. In: news.orf.at . September 2, 2018, accessed November 27, 2018 .
  23. ↑ Vienna: Vassilakou assures support to Hebein. In: news.orf.at . November 27, 2018, accessed November 27, 2018 .
  24. ↑ Vienna new Green Party leader: "Yes, of course Carry I left politics, what else?" . In: diePresse.com . November 27, 2018, accessed on January 1, 2019.
  25. ↑ Green Party leader Hebein: "Of course I'm left politics, what else?" . In: kurier.at . November 27, 2018, accessed on January 1, 2019.
  26. ↑ Birgit Hebein: “Of course I do left-wing politics”. In: krone.at . November 27, 2018, accessed on January 1, 2019.
  27. ↑ Hebein: “Of course I do left politics”. In: kleinezeitung.at November 27, 2018, accessed on January 1, 2019.
  28. ↑ "Yes, of course I do left-wing politics. What else? " . In: Zeit im Bild on Facebook . November 27, 2018, accessed on January 1, 2019.
  29. ↑ Birgit Hebein - new Vienna Green boss wants to do “left politics”. In: sn.at . November 27, 2018, accessed on January 1, 2019.
  30. ↑ Hebein swears a new beginning. In: wien.orf.at . December 1, 2018, accessed December 1, 2018 .
  31. ↑ Hebein: "We need debate on congestion charging". In: wien.orf.at . December 27, 2018, accessed December 27, 2018 .
  32. ↑ wien ORF at / agencies red: Politics: Greens: Hebein now also party leader. June 22, 2019, accessed June 26, 2019 .
  33. ^ WZ Online: Farewell to Maria Vassilakou. Retrieved June 26, 2019 .
  34. ↑ Hebein elected city councilor. Retrieved June 26, 2019 .
  35. ^ Green Vienna: Niki Kunrath new Member of the Green Vienna. Retrieved June 26, 2019 .
  36. ↑ Greens: Dziedzic does not want to follow Hebein, but in the National Council. Retrieved June 26, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Hebein, Birgit
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian social worker and politician (Greens), member of the Vienna Landtag and local council
DATE OF BIRTH January 13, 1967
PLACE OF BIRTH Villach