Ferdinand Maier (politician)

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Ferdinand Maier (Vienna 2008)

Ferdinand "Ferry" Maier (born September 17, 1951 in Vienna ) is an Austrian politician ( ÖVP ), former member of the National Council and Secretary General of the Austrian Raiffeisen Association .

Life

Ferdinand Maier attended elementary school (1957–1961) and the secondary school (1961–1965) at the Albertus Magnus School in Vienna , then the commercial academy of the Viennese merchant class (1965–1971). He studied social sciences and economics at the Vienna University of Economics (business administration; graduation in 1976, doctorate in 1978).

Maier has been married since 1977 and has two sons and a daughter.

Occupation and political functions

Professionally, Maier was employed in party-affiliated companies such as various sugar factories and the Raiffeisenzentralkasse.

He held political positions: Vienna City Council from 1983 to 1996, State Party Secretary of the Vienna ÖVP from 1983 to 1989, General Secretary of the ÖVP from 1991 to 1993, Federal Councilor from 1999 to 2002 and since 2002 he has been a member of the National Council .

In November 2009 he was in talks as the successor to Johannes Hahn as the Viennese regional party chairman of the ÖVP, but he renounced the candidacy. On April 24, 2012, he announced his resignation from his national council mandate because he saw his freedom of speech in parliament restricted by the ÖVP club . Ferdinand Maier resigned from the National Council on May 15, 2012.

In the course of the refugee crisis he was Christian Konrad's co-coordinator in the refugee coordination department until the end of September 2016. In June 2017 the non-fiction book “Willkommen in Österreich?” Will be published , which he wrote with the journalist Julia Ortner . The authors deal with the great refugee movement in 2015/2016.

In July 2017 it was announced that Maier will support NEOS in the National Council election 2017 in terms of the content of the "Successful Integration " plan .

Awards

  • Gold Medal of Merit of the Red Cross

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ An "ex-rascal" is to become VP boss in Vienna in Der Standard from November 5, 2009 (accessed on November 5, 2009)
  2. ↑ Der Standard: ÖVP: Ferdinand Maier announces resignation , April 24, 2012
  3. ↑ "The only thing is camouflaging and deceiving" in the standard of October 13, 2016, accessed on October 13, 2016
  4. ↑ Welcome to Austria . ( tyroliaverlag.at [accessed May 30, 2017]).
  5. ↑ Christian Konrad: "I'm not built for diplomacy" . ( kurier.at [accessed June 29, 2017]).
  6. ↑ Ex-ÖVP general secretary Maier supports Neos . In: The press . ( diepresse.com [accessed July 13, 2017]).
  7. ↑ Excellent tsunami workers on the WCC portal June 8, 2009, accessed October 13, 2016
personal data
SURNAME Maier, Ferdinand
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Maier, Ferry (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian politician (ÖVP), member of the state parliament, member of the National Council, member of the Federal Council
DATE OF BIRTH 17th September 1951
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna