Herwig Hösele

Herwig Hösele (born July 17, 1953 in Graz ) is an Austrian publicist and former politician ( ÖVP ).

Life

Herwig Hösele was initially a member of the political editorial team of the Südost Tagespost published in Graz, and in 1976 he became press officer for the Styrian People's Party . During the tenure of governors Josef Krainer (1980 to 1996) and Waltraud Klasnic (1996 to 2005) he was their close associate and advisor.

After leaving politics in 2005, Hösele became involved as a coordinator in the science department of the State of Styria (among other things, as the person responsible for the Spirit & Present series of dialogues), as a publicist and secretary of the democratic reform “Initiative majority voting right” initiated in 2008, whose co-founders u. a. Gerd Bacher , Heinrich Neisser , Franz Fischler , Trautl Brandstaller , Heinrich Keller , Theodor Öhlinger and Erhard Busek were. Together with Waltraud Klasnic, he founded the consulting company Dreischritt GmbH in 2007, of which he has been managing director again since autumn 2019. He also supports Waltraud Klasnic in her work as an independent victim protection lawyer, which she took over in April 2010. From March 1, 2011 to October 2019, he was Secretary General of the Future Fund of the Republic of Austria, and has been Chairman of the Board of Trustees of this fund since October. He has been executive chairman of Club Alpbach Steiermark since 1987 and chairman since 2011. He has also been a board member of the ORF since 2014 .

In June 2018 he was elected Chairman of the University Council of the University of Music and Performing Arts Graz for the 2018-2023 term.

politics

From November 7, 2000 to October 24, 2005 he was a member of the Federal Council and was its President in the first half of 2003. Together with the President of the National Council, Andreas Khol , he initiated the Austria Convention on constitutional reform in 2003, the majority of which were not implemented.

He was co-founder and co-editor of the series “Politicum” and the “Styrian Yearbook for Politics” and from 1988 to 2006 he was the director of the weekly newspaper “Die Steirische (Wochenpost)”. Today he is co-designer of the series “Society & Politics” by Dr. Karl Kummer Institute and publishes in various Austrian daily and weekly newspapers.

Awards

• 2002 professional title professor
• 2012 Austrian Cross of Honor for Science and Art, 1st class
• 2018 Papal Order of Gegorius

Publications

• The media keyhole perspective - a dangerous narrowing. In: Alfred Payrleitner (ed.): Aufbruch und Rigidung. 1999.
• The governors of Styria. 2000. (Co-author, Eds. A. Ableitinger, W. Mantl). Edited new edition 2018
• Rebuilding the state. On the way to a new federalism. In: Alfred Payrleitner (Ed.): Austria New. 2000.
• Media study Styria. 2002. (Co-author, Eds. W. Bachmayer, G. Schöpfer, W. Mantl)
• Between Brussels, Vienna and the districts - the dilemma of the federal states. In: Alfred Payrleitner (ed.): The fetters of the republic. 2002
• et al. (Ed.): The pursuit of justice. Social security after the upheaval. 2002.
• Prince & Mother of the Country. Two characters - one goal. To: Josef Krainer junior & Waltraud Klasnic , biography, Styria Verlag, Graz 2007, ISBN 978-3-222-13231-5 .
• (Ed.): The EU and us. Skepticism, expectation, participation. Dr. Karl Kummer Institute - Association for Social and Economic Policy, Vienna 2009.
• What is wrong in Austria? A reform agenda. Molden Verlag, Vienna 2010, ISBN 978-3-85485-259-9 .
• Archduke Johann. The Brandhofer and his housewife Leykam Verlag, Graz 2014, ISBN 978-3-7011-7920-6 .
• Styria 1945 - 2015. A success story Leykam Verlag, Graz 2015, ISBN 978-3-7011-7962-6 .
• "Steiermark.Land.Leute.Leben" (editor with Manfred Prisching) Styria Verlag. Graz 2018 ISBN 978-3-222-13601-6 ,
• "Styria. A land survey." (Editor with Manfred Prisching) Brandstätter Verlag Vienna 2019 ISBN 978-3-710602719

Web links

• Literature by and about Herwig Hösele in the catalog of the German National Library
• Herwig Hösele on the website of the Austrian Parliament

Individual evidence

1. ↑ The University Council of the Art University Graz has elected a new rector . Retrieved July 7, 2018.
2. ↑ Kleine Zeitung: Georg Schulz returns as rector . Article dated June 29, 2018, accessed July 7, 2018.

predecessor	Office	successor
Ludwig Bieringer	President of the Austrian Federal Council January 1, 2003 - June 30, 2003	Hans Ager