Heinrich Wohlmeyer (agricultural scientist)

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Heinrich Wohlmeyer (2015)

Heinrich Wohlmeyer (born January 12, 1936 in St. Pölten , Lower Austria ) is an Austrian industrial and research manager and regional developer .

Life

Heinrich Wohlmeyer was the third of five children of Margarethe Wohlmeyer, nee Voak and the Council of the Federal Court of Justice Johann Wohlmeyer. In the course of persecution by the National Socialists, his father died in 1939. At Easter 1945 the last front of the Second World War hit the St. Pölten area and the parental home was totally destroyed. His mother became sick and the children were distributed. Heinrich Wohlmeyer was taken in by a farming family in Flinsbach, Neidling near St. Pölten.

Wohlmeyer studied law and agriculture in Vienna. As a Fulbright scholar at the University of Kansas in the USA , Wohlmeyer dealt with "Agricultural Economics and Business Administration". He did his doctorate in London in 1960 on "International Raw Material Control Agreements".

Wohlmeyer worked in industry, regional development and trade policy for 20 years. Wohlmeyer was a research manager for a good ten years. To this end, he set up the Austrian Association for Agricultural and Life Science Research and the Austrian Society for Biotechnology. He taught at the Technical University of Vienna and at the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences in Vienna.

Today Wohlmeyer runs a mountain farm in Lilienfeld . Wohlmeyer is married, has three daughters and five grandchildren.

Publications, positions

Wohlmeyer designed the first “Green Energy Program” for Austria and showed early on the possibilities of the circular use of renewable raw materials and primary energy sources. The strategies for the legal creation of fair competitive conditions in the area of ​​the agricultural raw materials processing industry before Austria's accession to the EU are largely the work of Wohlmeyer. In addition, Wohlmeyer initiated the Austrian equalization tax legislation, wrote numerous trade policy articles and the book "The WTO, Agriculture and Sustainable Development" (2002).

From the 2000s, Wohlmeyer devoted himself to social politics and its reorientation. In “Globales Schafe Scheren” (2006) he points to societal and ecological developments that are unsustainable in his opinion and gives concrete suggestions for changes in direction. In “Outrage in Europe” (2012/2014) he shows politicians and citizens to take a path out of the crisis. The manifesto “Indispensable cornerstones of a world-wide sustainable society” (2014) deals with the international and national frameworks that are essential for a sustainable society according to Wohlmeyer.

In 2015 he was involved in the EU exit referendum . He criticized the geopolitics endangering Europe and world peace. He worked on a “Vienna Memorandum” on the current refugee movements. He published articles and gave lectures on the planned CETA, TISA and TTIP agreements and on the question of current migration flows.

In 2016, Wohlmeyer co-founded the Christian initiative for Norbert Hofer - Responsibility for Austria , which campaigned for the liberal candidate Norbert Hofer in the federal presidential election .

honors and awards

In 1976 Wohlmeyer received the Great Decoration of Honor for Services to the Republic of Austria . Although he was a manager, he was awarded the Golden Chamber of Labor Medal in 1978. In 1979 he received the Hans Kudlich Prize of the Austrian Society for Agriculture and Forestry Policy and in 1986 the Silver Medal of Honor from the Chamber of Commerce of Lower Austria. The University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences awarded him the honorary title “Senator hc” in 1984 and the Ministry of Science in 1987 the professional title “Professor”.

Publications

  • Global Sheep Shearing: Against a Politics of Decline . Edition Va Bene, 2006, ISBN 3-85167-183-X .
  • Outrage in Europe: ways out of the crisis . Vienna 2012.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Sheffield, UK: Greenleaf Pub. "The WTO, Agriculture and Sustainable Development" , 2002, accessed December 4, 2015
  2. ↑ Wohlmeyer Manifesto “Indispensable cornerstones of a sustainable society worldwide” , 2014, accessed on December 4, 2015
  3. ↑ Non-partisan, independent initiative “Christians for Norbert Hofer & Responsibility for Austria” supports Ing. Norbert Hofer. Press release of the “Christians for Norbert Hofer” initiative. In: ots.at . October 28, 2016, accessed April 2, 2020.
personal data
SURNAME Wohlmeyer, Heinrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian industry and science manager
DATE OF BIRTH January 12, 1936
PLACE OF BIRTH St. Pölten, Lower Austria