Christian Burtscher

Christian Burtscher (born March 6, 1950 in Nofels ) is a former Austrian politician ( BL ) and teacher. From 1989 to 1999 he was a member of the Salzburg state parliament , club chairman of the citizens' list in the state parliament and federal chairman of the Green Education Workshop.

education and profession

Burtscher first attended elementary school and then switched to the Bundesgymnasium Feldkirch . He passed the Matura in 1968 and studied law at the University of Innsbruck and the University of Salzburg . He received his doctorate in 1972 a doctorate in law (Dr. iur.) And was subsequently a teacher at the HTL Hallein operates.

Politics and functions

Burtscher began his political career in local politics, where he became a member of the municipal council of Grödig in 1984. He subsequently worked with several interruptions as a member of the Grödig municipal council. In 1986 he took over the position of spokesman for the Salzburg-Land citizens' list , which he initially held until 1989. In 1994 he was re-elected as state spokesman, where he worked until 1999. He was also elected chairman at the constituent general assembly of the Green Education Workshop on May 3, 1987, and held this office until 1989. In the course of the state elections in 1989 , Burtscher was chosen as the top candidate on the Salzburg citizens' list. After the citizens' list had achieved around 6% of the votes and two seats, Burtscher was able to move into the state parliament together with Karoline Hochreiter . He subsequently acted as a member of the state parliament from May 3, 1989 to April 26, 1999 and was also elected club chairman of the Greens in the state parliament in 1994. Before the state elections in 1999, Burtscher was confirmed as the top candidate for the third time in July 1998, but surprisingly resigned as state chairman of the Salzburg citizens' list on October 13, 1998 because he had made too many compromises in his political career. Burtscher tried to continue his political career at the federal level, but failed in the 1999 National Council election by just achieving a basic mandate. In the course of the National Council election he failed again against Heidemarie Rest-Hinterseer in the Green primaries.

literature

• Richard Voithofer: Political Elites in Salzburg. A biographical handbook from 1918 to the present (= series of publications by the Research Institute for Political and Historical Studies of the Dr. Wilfried Haslauer Library, Salzburg. Vol. 32). Böhlau, Vienna et al. 2007, ISBN 978-3-205-77680-2 .

Web links

• Christian Burtscher on the Salzburgwiki website