FPÖ parliamentary club

The FPÖ Parliament Club (also Freedom Parliament Club and Club of the Freedom Party ) is the club of the Freedom Party of Austria in the Austrian National Council .

history

The parliamentary club of the FPÖ brings together the members of the National Council, Federal Council and European Parliament . Norbert Nemeth has been the club director since 2006 . Previously, these included the later Minister of Justice Josef Moser from 1992 to 2003 and Günther Barnet from 2004 until the BZÖ split off . Günther Steinkellner was the club secretary from 1989 to 1991, and Mario Erschen from 1965 to 1984.

From 2017 the club chairman was Walter Rosenkranz , the managing club chairman was Johann Gudenus until May 18, 2019 , who resigned his political functions after the Ibiza affair and left the party. On May 27, 2019, Norbert Hofer was elected club chairman and Herbert Kickl was elected club chairman, Walter Rosenkranz was nominated as a candidate for the office of ombudsman and was subsequently elected by the National Council.

At the beginning of the XXVII. During the legislative period , the FPÖ elected Herbert Kickl as chairman of its parliamentary club on October 22, 2019. Norbert Hofer was nominated as a candidate for the office of Third President of the National Council and was subsequently elected by the National Council. The club chairman was Dagmar Belakowitsch , Susanne Fürst , Hannes Amesbauer , Erwin Angerer and Peter Wurm . The club presidium also includes Christian Hafenecker , Reinhard Bösch , Volker Reifenberger , Gerhard Kaniak and Axel Kassegger as well as Harald Vilimsky and Monika Mühlwerth . Gerhard Kaniak was appointed finance officer.

Club chairmen

The club chairmen of the Freedom Parliamentary Club were:

Surname	image	from	to	annotation
Willfried Gredler		1956	1963
Jörg Kandutsch		1963	1964
Emil van Tongel		1964	1970
Friedrich Peter		1970	1979
Alexander Goetz		1979	1979
Friedrich Peter		1979	1986
Friedhelm Frischenschlager		1986	1986
Jörg Haider		1986	1989
Norbert Gugerbauer		1989	1992
Jörg Haider		1992	1999
Herbert Scheibner		1999	2000
Peter Westenthaler		2000	2002
Karl Schweitzer		2002	2003
Herbert Scheibner		2003	2006
Heinz-Christian Strache		2006	2017
Walter Rosenkranz		2017	2019	managing club chairman: Johann Gudenus
Norbert Hofer		2019	2019	managing club chairman: Herbert Kickl
Herbert Kickl		2019		Deputies: Dagmar Belakowitsch , Susanne Fürst , Hannes Amesbauer , Erwin Angerer Peter Wurm

Club directors and club secretaries

The club directors or club secretaries of the Freedom Parliamentary Club were:

Surname	image	from	to	designation	annotation
Councilor Dr. Fahringer		1964	1965	Club secretary
Gerhard Onder		1964	1965	Club secretary
Mario Erschen		1965	1984	Club secretary
Herbert Cruel		1984	1989	Club secretary
Günther Steinkellner		1989	1991	Club secretary / club director
Hanno Scheuch		1992	1992	Club secretary / club director
Josef Moser		1992	2003	Club director
Robert Prohaska		2003	2004	Club director
Günther Barnet		2004		Club director
Norbert Nemeth		2006		Club director

Area Spokesperson

The area speakers of the FPÖ parliamentary club in the XXVII. The legislative period as of November 12, 2019:

Area	Area Spokesperson
Labor and Social / Disabled	Dagmar Belakowitsch
Foreign policy	Axel Kassegger
Buildings and living	Philipp Schrangl
budget	Hubert Fuchs
energy	Axel Kassegger
European Union affairs	Petra Steger
family	Edith Mühlberghuber
Financial	Hubert Fuchs
Research, innovation and digitization	Gerhard Deimek
Rules of Procedure	Susanne Fürst
health	Gerhard Kaniak
Equal Treatment and Women	Pink corner
Industry	Reinhard Pisec
Internal affairs	Hannes Amesbauer
youth	Michael Schnedlitz
Judiciary	Harald Stefan
consumer protection	Peter worm
Culture	Volker Reifenberger
Agriculture and Forestry	Peter Schmiedlechner
National defense	Reinhard Eugen Boesch
media	Christian Hafenecker
Human rights	Alois Kainz
Public service	Christian Lausch
Petitions and citizens' initiatives	Christian Ries
Court of Auditors	Wolfgang Zanger
Seniors	Pink corner
Sports	Petra Steger
Animal welfare	Marlies Steiner-Wieser
tourism	Gerald Hauser
environmental Protection	Walter Rauch
classes	Hermann Brückl
incompatibility	Volker Reifenberger
Constitution	Susanne Fürst
traffic	Christian Hafenecker
Ombudsman	Christian Ragger
economy	Erwin Angerer
science	Martin Graf
South-Tirol	Peter worm
Displaced persons	Alois Kainz

literature

• Representatives of the people: The Freedom Party and Parliament FPÖ Educational Institute / FPÖ Parliament Club, 2016
• Austria first: 60 years of the FPÖ FPÖ Educational Institute 2016
• Austria's freedom and their republic: On the 100th birthday of the republic FPÖ educational institute, 2018 ( variant )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ INDEX XVIII. GP - E - Appendix - Clubs. In: parlament.gv.at. Retrieved January 22, 2020 . 
2. ↑ Club director. In: fpoe.at. Retrieved January 22, 2020 . 
3. ^ Norbert Nemeth on the website of the Austrian Parliament
4. ^ Josef Moser on the website of the Austrian Parliament
5. ↑ ^{a b c d} Representatives of the people: The Freedom Party and Parliament: The club chairmen of the Freedom Parliamentary Club. In: FPÖ educational institute . 2016, accessed January 22, 2020 . 
6. ↑ ^{a b} Club Chairman. In: fpoe.at. Archived from the original on October 28, 2018 ; accessed on January 22, 2020 . 
7. ^ ^{A b} FPÖ: Norbert Hofer new club chairman, Herbert Kickl managing club chairman . OTS announcement of May 27, 2019, accessed on January 22, 2020.
8. ↑ ^{a b} Kickl elected FPÖ club boss. In: ORF.at . October 22, 2019, accessed January 22, 2020 . 
9. ^ ^{A b} National Council: The parties equip their parliamentary clubs. In: Wiener Zeitung . October 22, 2019, accessed January 22, 2020 . 
10. ↑ clubs. In: parlament.gv.at. Parliamentary Directorate, accessed on January 22, 2020 .