Gerhard Schmid (politician, 1948)

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Gerhard Schmid (born September 22, 1948 in Salzburg ) is an Austrian politician ( FPS , formerly FPÖ ) and construction technician expert. From 2013 to 2017 he was a member of the Austrian National Council .

education and profession

Schmid attended the Salzburg elementary school between 1955 and 1959 and then the secondary school in Salzburg between 1959 and 1963. He then switched to the polytechnic course in Salzburg from 1963 to 1964 and then attended the construction school in Traunstein ( Bavaria ) between 1964 and 1967 . Schmid also graduated from the fire protection academy in Übelbach and did military service in 1968. From 1967 to 1976 he worked for the metal goods factory and wholesaler A & M Walpach in Salzburg and Golling an der Salzach, and from 1976 to 1984 he was an independent furniture dealer in Salzburg. Schmid has been in possession of a trade license for the furniture trade since November 1975 and has been a sworn and court-certified expert for fire and water damage as well as for inventory estimates for the Salzburg Regional Court since January 1984. His expert office is in Elixhausen .

Politics and functions

Gerhard Schmid joined the Freedom Party in 1976 and acted as local party leader of the Freedom Party in Elixhausen from 1982 to 1984. In 2002 he was elected a member of the district party leadership of the FPÖ in Flachgau and from 2008 to 2015 he was district party representative of the FPÖ Salzburg area. Within the party, he has also been a member of the state party executive since 2005 and of the state party leadership of the FPÖ Salzburg since 2000. Schmid ran for the National Council election in 2013 and obtained a mandate from the Salzburg electoral district . He was sworn in as a member of the National Council on October 29, 2013.

Schmid said he never accepted a mandate in the Elixhausen community for professional reasons, as he drives more than 100,000 kilometers per year due to work. Schmid cites residential construction, disaster control and the reduction of living costs as his political priorities.

After serious internal party disputes and the split of the FPÖ Salzburg in June 2015, Schmid sided with Karl Schnell , who founded a new party under the name Die Freiheitlichen in Salzburg , and thus against Federal Party Chairman Heinz-Christian Strache . Schmid was then expelled from the FPÖ on June 16, 2015 by decision of the federal party executive, together with others who had sided with Schnell. At the same time, he was also excluded from the FPÖ club in the National Council, making him a member of the parliament without a club membership, a so-called wild member of parliament .

Private

Schmid is married and has two children.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Salzburger Nachrichten : “National Council writes at every meeting”, October 4, 2013.
  2. ↑ Eight FPÖ exclusions fixed . Article on salzburg.orf.at from June 16, 2015.

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personal data
SURNAME Schmid, Gerhard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian politician (FPÖ), member of the National Council
DATE OF BIRTH September 22, 1948
PLACE OF BIRTH Salzburg