Jürgen Weiss

This article deals with the politician Jürgen Weiss. For the mountaineer see Jürg Weiss .

Jürgen Weiss in 1979

Jürgen Weiss (born August 30, 1947 in Hard , Vorarlberg ) is an Austrian civil servant and politician ( ÖVP ).

Life

Jürgen Weiss graduated from the Federal Commercial Academy in Bregenz in 1965. He then joined the Vorarlberg regional service.

From 1969 he was a member of the state party presidium of the ÖVP Vorarlberg , from 1969 to 1991 state manager of the Vorarlberg People's Party, and from 1990–1995 a member of the municipal council of the state capital Bregenz. From 1991 he was a member of the federal party executive committee of the ÖVP. From 1979 to 1991 he was a member of the ORF Board of Trustees.

From 1979 to 1991 Jürgen Weiss was a member of the Austrian Federal Council sent from the state of Vorarlberg for the first time . From 1991 to 1994 Weiss was Federal Minister for Federalism and Administrative Reform. Between November 17, 1994 and November 29, 1994 Weiss also served as the shortest serving Minister of Agriculture in the Republic of Austria. Weiss completed his second term in the Federal Council from 1994 to 2009. On March 25, 2009, Weiss announced that he would be leaving the regional chamber at the end of April of that year. On May 8, his successor Magnus Brunner , who had previously been a substitute member of the Federal Council, took over his official function as Federal Councilor. The vice-chairmanship of the Federal Council went to the ÖVP functionary Harald Himmer from Vienna.

Awards

• 1995 Large Golden Decoration on Ribbon for Services to the Republic of Austria
• 1998 Gold Medal of the State of Salzburg
• 2003 Great Golden Decoration for Services to the State of Vienna
• 2009 Gold Medal of Honor of the State of Vorarlberg
• Large silver medal for services to the Republic of Austria
• Grand Cross of the Liechtenstein Order of Merit
• Grand Cross of the Order of the Holy Pope New Year's Eve
• Large Federal Cross of Merit with a star

Web links

Commons : Jürgen Weiss  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Jürgen Weiss on the website of the Austrian Parliament
• Entry on Jürgen Weiss in the Austria Forum  (in the AEIOU Austria Lexicon )
• Literature by and about Jürgen Weiss in the catalog of the German National Library
• Archive recordings with Jürgen Weiss in the online archive of the Austrian Media Library

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Jürgen Weiss leaves the Federal Council . Article by ORF.at from March 25, 2009.
2. ↑ List of all decorations awarded by the Federal President for services to the Republic of Austria from 1952 (PDF; 6.9 MB)
3. ↑ ORF Vorarlberg: Golden Decoration for Jürgen Weiss . Article of October 26, 2009.
4. ↑ AAS 87 (1995), n. 11, p. 1069.

predecessor	Office	successor
Gottfried Jaud	President of the Austrian Federal Council January 1, 1995 - June 30, 1995	Anna Elisabeth Haselbach
Gottfried Jaud	President of the Austrian Federal Council July 1, 1999 - December 31, 1999	Anna Elisabeth Haselbach
Hans Ager	President of the Austrian Federal Council January 1, 2004 - June 30, 2004	Anna Elisabeth Haselbach
Helmut Kritzinger	President of the Austrian Federal Council July 1, 2008 - December 31, 2008	Harald Reisenberger