Gregor Stögner

Gregor Stögner (born November 15, 1920 in Bad Ischl ; † November 2, 1983 ibid) was an Austrian politician ( SPÖ ) and farmer. From 1971 to 1983 he was a member of the National Council .

Stögner was born the son of a farmer and graduated from compulsory school in Bad Ischl. He joined the Austrian Federal Forests in 1938 and worked as a forest worker until he was called up to serve in the Wehrmacht in 1940 . In 1944, Stögner was taken prisoner by the Soviets, from which he was only able to return in 1947. After his return, Stögner worked again as a forest worker for the Federal Forests between 1949 and 1959, and in 1949 he took over his parents' agriculture. He married and had three sons.

In 1949, Stögner was elected works council chairman of the Bad Ischl forest administration and in the same year became a councilor for the Bad Ischl community, having joined the SPÖ in 1948. Between 1955 and 1960 he worked as a city councilor, after which he held the office of Vice Mayor from 1972 to 1981. From 1950 he was also chairman of the central works council of the Federal Forests and regional chairman of the agricultural and forestry workers' union. From 1955 he acted as Vice President of the Chamber of Agriculture for Upper Austria, from 1959 he was also state secretary of the agricultural and forestry workers' union. In addition, Stögner held various internal party functions within the SPÖ at local, district and state level. Stögner represented the SPÖ from November 4, 1971 to May 18, 1983 in the National Council, where he was a member of the Agriculture, Customs and Social Committees.

literature

• Harry Slapnicka : Upper Austria - The political leadership from 1945 , Linz 1989 (Contributions to the contemporary history of Upper Austria 12)

Web links

• Gregor Stögner on the website of the Austrian Parliament