Johann Hatzl

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Johann Hatzl giving a speech in 1984

Johann Hatzl (born September 7, 1942 in Vienna ; † April 10, 2011 ibid) was an Austrian politician ( SPÖ ), member of the Vienna State Parliament , Executive City Councilor and first President of the State Parliament of Vienna.

education and profession

Johann Hatzl attended compulsory school between 1948 and 1956 and then learned the trade of factory and wagon construction fitter . After completing his apprenticeship in 1959, he worked as an engine fitter and wagon construction supervisor at Simmering-Graz-Pauker in Vienna. In 1965 he switched to the Austrian Youth Hostel Association for Vienna and Lower Austria as state secretary, and from 1972 to 1976 he was a party employee of the SPÖ.

Political career

Johann Hatzl was already involved in the Socialist Youth (SJ) as a teenager and was district chairman of the SJ in Vienna-Simmering from 1959 to 1968. From 1968 to 1972 he was regional chairman of the SJ Vienna and from 1972 to 1976 he was the association chairman of the SJ Austria. In addition, Hatzl was active in district politics. From 1969 to 1973 he was district councilor in Simmering and from 1975 to April 2007 district party chairman of the SPÖ Simmering.

Hatzl quickly assumed important positions in the state of Vienna and in the federal government. From 1973 to 1977 he was a member of the SPÖ federal party executive and from 1976 to 1979 a member of the National Council . In 1979, Hatzl moved to the Viennese provincial government , where between 1979 and 1983 he was the city councilor for housing and urban renewal and 1983 to 1991 city councilor for transport and energy.

Central cemetery Vienna, burial site Johann Hatzl

From 1991 to 1994 Hatzl was the official city councilor for civil service, interior affairs and personnel, between 1994 and 1996 the Wiener Stadtwerke also fell into his area of ​​competence.

In 1996 Hatzl moved from the city government back to the state parliament and local council. Until 2001 he was the club chairman of the SPÖ parliamentary and local council faction and from 2001 was the first president of the Viennese parliament. As the successor to Franziska Fast, Hatzl was also President of Volkshilfe Wien. Within the party, Hatzl was again a member of the SPÖ federal party executive committee from 1987 and since 1998 deputy state party chairman of the SPÖ Vienna. Hatzl resigned from the state parliament and local council on October 29, 2008 and withdrew into retirement. He was married to the former member of the state parliament Eva-Maria Hatzl , 2014–2015 district chairwoman of Simmering .

After his death in April 2011, he was buried in an honorary grave at the Vienna Central Cemetery. In 2013 the forecourt of the 2nd gate of the central cemetery in Simmering (11th district) was named Johann-Hatzl-Platz .

literature

  • Harald Troch (Ed.): Johann Hatzl. Red with all my heart , Carl Gerold's Sohn Verlagbuchhandlung Vienna 2013. ISBN 978-3-900812-55-3
  • Christine Lapp , Roland Rudel: Johann Hatzl: 30 years for the SPÖ Simmering . VWZ magazine publisher Vienna 2005.

Awards

The eponymous public housing at the Simmeringer main street

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ derStandard.at - Former city councilor and state parliament president Hatzl has passed away . Article dated April 10, 2011, accessed November 9, 2015.
  2. ^ ORF Vienna: New councilors move into the town hall . October 30, 2008.
  3. ^ ORF Vienna: SPÖ politician Johann Hatzl buried . April 20, 2011.
  4. ↑ List of all decorations awarded by the Federal President for services to the Republic of Austria from 1952 (PDF; 6.9 MB)
  5. ^ City of Vienna: High distinction for Johann Hatzl . February 13, 2009.
personal data
SURNAME Hatzl, Johann
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian politician (SPÖ), member of the state parliament, member of the National Council
DATE OF BIRTH September 7, 1942
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna
DATE OF DEATH April 10, 2011
Place of death Vienna