Franz Schausberger

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Franz Schausberger (2008)

Franz Schausberger (born February 5, 1950 in Steyr ) is an Austrian politician ( ÖVP ) and historian . From April 24, 1996 to April 28, 2004 he was Governor of Salzburg .

Life

Franz Schausberger was born on February 5, 1950 as the son of Franz and Hermine Schausberger in Steyr , Upper Austria. He attended elementary school and the federal high school there and graduated with distinction in 1968. He then completed his studies at the University of Salzburg (philosophy, education, history).

In addition to his studies, he began his journalistic activity in the Salzburger Volkszeitung . He was also a freelancer for the weekly newspaper Die Furche and for many years was responsible for the Salzburg Journal , the Salzburg offshoot of the monthly magazine Wiener Journal . In 1973 he received his doctorate from the University of Salzburg with Professors Otakar Blaha and Baldwin Black with a thesis on the philosopher Nicolai Hartmann Dr. phil.

From 1988 to 1996, Schausberger was a member of the ORF board of trustees . From 1989 to 1996, Schausberger headed the advertising company Industrieteam as a full-time managing director and publishing director. From 1996 to 2004 he also held the positions as a member and partially chairman of the board of trustees of the Salzburg Festival , the president of the International Salzburg Association (ISA) and chairman of the supervisory board of the Großglockner Hochalpenstraßen AG . From 2000 to 2009 he was a member and until 2004 Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Salzburg AG . From 2000 to 2020, Schausberger was chairman of the Sonnblick association .

After retiring from state politics, he started his own business and is now the head of European Project Analysis & Conception GmbH ( EPAC ).

Schausberger has been married to the journalist and publisher Heidi Schausberger-Strobl since 1988 and has three children (Martina, Maximilian and Alexander).

Schausberger is a member of the student associations Rupertina Salzburg and Rheno-Juvavia in the ÖCV as well as since 2001 the student associations Almgau Salzburg and since 2018 the Sighartstein Neumarkt am Wallersee in the MKV . Since 2013 he has been a member of the brotherhood of Santa Maria dell'Anima in Rome and since 2014 Knight of Honor of the Order of St. George .

politics

During his studies he was chairman of the Austrian student body at the University of Salzburg from 1969 to 1971 . From 1971 to 1979, Schausberger was ÖVP club secretary in the Salzburg state parliament . From 1979 to 1989 he was full-time state party secretary (state manager) of the Salzburg ÖVP.

From 1976 to 1980 Franz Schausberger was regional chairman of the young ÖVP Salzburg and federal representative of the young ÖVP, 1979 to 1996 member of the Salzburg state parliament, 1989 to 1996 club chairman of the Salzburg ÖVP in the Salzburg state parliament, 1996 to 2004 regional chairman of the Salzburg ÖVP and member of the ÖVP Federal Party Executive.

Schauberger was April 24, 1996 to April 28, 2004 Governor of Salzburg . He took over after the resignation of Hans Katschthaler on 24 April 1996 the Office of the Governor of the State Government Schausberger I . After the successful election on March 7, 1999, the Salzburg state parliament re-elected him as governor in the Schausberger II state government on April 27, 1999 .

He initiated among other things

In negotiations between 1997 and 2001, Schausberger was able to obtain financial assurance from the federal government for

After losing the relative majority of the ÖVP in the state elections in 2004, he retired from all political offices at state level. Gabriele Burgstaller ( SPÖ ) succeeded him in the office of governor .

Since 1996 he has been a member of the Committee of the Regions of the EU (CoR). From 2004 to 2006 he was Chairman of the Committee on Constitutional Affairs and Governance in Europe of the CoR, since January 2006 he has been Vice-President of the European People's Party (EPP) in the Committee of the Regions. He has chaired the CoR's Western Balkans working group on several occasions. In October 2016 he was appointed by the EU Commission as special advisor for EU enlargement countries, in particular the Balkans and Ukraine. In 2020 he was reappointed special advisor to EU Commissioner Johannes Hahn .

Scientific activity

From 1994 to 1996 he was a lecturer at the Institute for Social and Economic History at the University of Linz with Roman Sandgruber .

In 1996 he qualified as a university lecturer for modern Austrian history at the University of Salzburg with a thesis on the actions of the National Socialists in the Austrian state parliaments. In his academic work, especially on the First Republic , Schausberger tries “to contribute to the awareness that the existence of our parliamentary democracy is not a matter of course, but has to be defended again and again by convinced democrats”. Above all, he examines the period of the rise of National Socialism before the seizure of power and the question: “How did it come to this?” In his habilitation thesis he comes to the conclusion: “The 'partial collaboration' with or the 'partial assimilation' of States and democracy-affirming parties vis-à-vis political groups that reject and fight against parliamentary democracy or a state always goes to the detriment of the state or democracy. This is a lesson from history that applies again and again, not least to recent developments in various European countries. ”There are“ turning points in history at which those in charge of politics fatefully influence further developments with their decision in one of several ways. At such turning points - and that is the always current reference - all democratic forces have to subordinate their party political self-interests to the good of the state and the safeguarding of democracy. "

Schausberger was chairman from 1989 to 1996, since 1996 a member of the board of directors of the Dr.-Hans-Lechner-Forschungsgesellschaft and from 1993 to 2019 a member of the executive committee of the Austrian Research Association in Vienna. In 1992 he founded the Research Institute for Political-Historical Studies Dr.-Wilfried-Haslauer-Bibliothek in Salzburg and has been its President since 1992, with the exception of 1996-2004. Since 1993 he has been a board member of the Karl von Vogelsang Institute for Research into the History of Christian Democracy in Austria and has been its President since May 2020.

In 2004, Schausberger founded the Institute of the Regions of Europe (IRE) in Salzburg and has been chairman of the board ever since.

Schausberger, who lectures at the University of Salzburg and various European universities, has published numerous historical and political science books and many academic articles on the history and politics of Austria and the European Union.

On July 1, 2008, the West Hungarian University in Sopron awarded him the title of University Professor . In 2014, the Austrian Federal President was awarded the title of “University Professor” .

Awards

Publications

  • In the service of Salzburg. On the history of the Salzburg ÖVP. Salzburg 1985.
  • A city learns democracy. Mayor Josef Preis and Salzburg's local politics 1919 - 1927. Salzburg 1988.
  • Josef Hauthaler. Salzburg farmer's guide in the most difficult times. Salzburg 1990.
  • Last chance for democracy. The formation of the Dollfuss I government in May 1932. Break of the Austrian proportional democracy. Vienna, Cologne, Weimar 1993.
  • To Parliament to destroy it. The "parliamentary" agitation of the National Socialists in the state parliaments of Vienna, Lower Austria, Salzburg and Vorarlberg after the state elections in 1932. Vienna, Cologne, Weimar 1995.
  • People's Party - Claim and Reality. On the history of the ÖVP since 1945 (with Robert Kriechbaumer ). Vienna, Cologne, Weimar 1995.
  • From government proportional representation to competition. The reform of the Salzburg state constitution in 1998. Vienna 1999.
  • The Haslauer era. Salzburg in the seventies and eighties. (with Herbert Dachs , Roland Floimair, Ernst Hanisch ). Vienna, Cologne, Weimar 2001.
  • Commitment and citizenship. Helmut Schreiner in memory. Vienna, Cologne, Weimar 2002.
  • Everyone to the gallows! The political “takeoff” of the “Hitler movement” in the Salzburg municipal elections in 1931. Vienna, Cologne, Weimar 2005.
  • History and identity. Festschrift for Robert Kriechbaumer's 60th birthday. Vienna, Cologne, Weimar 2008.
  • The searching look. Contributions to the history of Austria in the 20th century. Festschrift for Ernst Hanisch on his 70th birthday. (with Reinhard Krammer and Christoph Kühberger ). Vienna, Cologne, Weimar 2010.
  • Wedding at Schwarzau Castle. Archduke Karl Franz Josef von Habsburg-Lothringen and Princess Zita von Bourbon-Parma married 100 years ago. Salzburg 2011.
  • The controversial turnaround. Austria 2000 - 2006. (with Robert Kriechbaumer). Vienna - Cologne - Weimar 2013.
  • Rudolf Ramek. 1881 - 1941. Consensus Chancellor in Austria of Contrasts. Vienna - Cologne - Weimar. 2017.
  • Radical phrase, electoral alliances and continuities. State election campaigns in Austria's federal states 1919 to 1932. (with Herbert Dachs and Michael Dippelreiter). Vienna, Cologne, Weimar 2017.
  • Similar and yet completely different. Spanish flu 100 years ago and Corona today . Historical-political short studies Volume 2. pm Verlag. Salzburg 2020.

Web links

Commons : Franz Schausberger  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Franz Schausberger receives honorary senator dignity from the Paracelsus Medical Private University
  2. ↑ Robert Kriechbaumer : Controversial and defining. Cultural and scientific buildings in the city of Salzburg 1986–2011 (= series of publications by the Research Institute for Political-Historical Studies of the Dr. Wilfried Haslauer Library, Salzburg. Vol. 45). Böhlau, Vienna et al. 2012, ISBN 978-3-205-78860-7 , p. 215.
  3. ^ Claus Reitan : Franz Schausberger. Politicians - Historians - Europeans. Biographical approach to something versatile (= series of publications by the Research Institute for Political-Historical Studies of the Dr. Wilfried Haslauer Library, Salzburg. Vol. 52). Böhlau, Vienna et al. 2015, ISBN 978-3-205-79653-4 .
  4. ↑ orf.at - Ex-LH Schausberger becomes EU special advisor . Article dated October 13, 2016, accessed October 13, 2016.
  5. ↑ Franz Schausberger appointed special advisor to EU Commissioner Johannes Hahn. July 13, 2020, accessed July 13, 2020 .
  6. ^ Franz Schausberger: Into Parliament to destroy it. The “parliamentary” agitation of the National Socialists in the provincial parliaments of Vienna, Lower Austria, Salzburg and Vorarlberg after the state elections in 1932 (= series of publications by the Research Institute for Political-Historical Studies of the Dr. Wilfried Haslauer Library, Salzburg. Vol. 1). Böhlau, Vienna et al. 1995, ISBN 3-205-98415-3 , p. 6.
  7. ^ Franz Schausberger: Everyone to the gallows! The political “takeoff” of the “Hitler movement” at the Salzburg municipal elections in 1931 (= series of publications by the Research Institute for Political-Historical Studies of the Dr. Wilfried Haslauer Library, Salzburg. Vol. 26). Böhlau, Vienna et al. 2005, ISBN 3-205-77340-3 , p. 8.
  8. ^ Franz Schausberger: Into Parliament to destroy it. The “parliamentary” agitation of the National Socialists in the provincial parliaments of Vienna, Lower Austria, Salzburg and Vorarlberg after the state elections in 1932 (= series of publications by the Research Institute for Political-Historical Studies of the Dr. Wilfried Haslauer Library, Salzburg. Vol. 1). Böhlau, Wien et al. 1995, ISBN 3-205-98415-3 , p. 391.
  9. ^ Franz Schausberger: Last chance for democracy. The formation of the Dollfuss I government in May 1932. Break of the Austrian proportional democracy (= studies on the history of Christian social parties. 1). Böhlau, Wien et al. 1993, ISBN 3-205-98050-6 , p. 140.
  10. ↑ https://www.vogelsanginstitut.at/at/?p=2556/
  11. ↑ http://www.institut-ire.eu/
  12. ↑ List of all decorations awarded by the Federal President for services to the Republic of Austria from 1952 (PDF file; 6.59 MB)
  13. ↑ Salzburg News. September 11, 2012. p. 18
  14. ^ Salzburger Volkszeitung. September 12, 2012. p. 19.
  15. ↑ Salzburg News. June 26, 2013. p. 15
  16. ^ Coat of arms medal in gold for LH a. D. Dr. Franz Schausberger
  17. ↑ IRE Hot Issue No. 354
  18. ↑ Salzburg State Correspondence, September 27, 2015
  19. ↑ Salzburger Nachrichten, September 29, 2016
  20. ^ Franz Schausberger Honorary Doctor of the "Alexander Moissi University" in Durres / Albania . Article dated June 2, 2018, accessed June 2, 2018.
  21. ↑ Salzburg News. February 6, 2020. p. 21
personal data
SURNAME Schausberger, Franz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian historian and politician (ÖVP), member of the state parliament
DATE OF BIRTH 5th February 1950
PLACE OF BIRTH Steyr