Johann Tschürtz

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Johann Tschürtz at a speech in Großpetersdorf in 2016

Johann "Hans" Tschürtz (born December 12, 1959 in Eisenstadt ) is an Austrian politician ( FPÖ ) and former police officer . Tschürtz was a member of the Burgenland Landtag from 1997 to 2015 and was a club chairman there until 2015. From 2005 he was regional party chairman of the FPÖ Burgenland and from July 2015 regional governor- deputy of the Burgenland. Since February 17, 2020 he has been a member of the Burgenland State Parliament again.

Life

Johann Tschürtz first attended elementary and secondary school and after completing an apprenticeship as a locksmith, graduated from the police school in Vienna. From 1981 Tschürtz worked there as an executive officer. During his time as an army soldier, Tschürtz was also stationed on the Golan Heights ( UNDOF Ausatt ) as part of a UN mission .

Tschürtz was politically active in Burgenland, where he founded a local FPÖ group in his home town of Loipersbach in Burgenland in 1992. In the same year he was elected district party chairman for the Mattersburg district and subsequently also carried out development work in the district. After Tschürtz became regional manager of the FPÖ Burgenland in July 1996, he moved into the state parliament on November 6, 1997. After the FPÖ crashed in the state elections in 2000, Tschürtz benefited from Wolfgang Rauter's withdrawal from the state parliament and received his state parliament mandate. After Tschürtz was elected deputy chairman of the Burgenland Freedom Party in May 2002, he took over the role of managing chairman after Stefan Salzl withdrew from the party leadership. On January 16, 2005, he was elected FPÖ regional chairman with 91.9 percent at a state party conference in Eisenstadt and went into the 2005 state elections as the top candidate.

In the state elections, the FPÖ's share of the vote collapsed after the BZÖ split off. After 12.6 percent in 2000, the FPÖ only reached 5.8 percent, but made it into the state parliament with two mandates, Tschürtz received one of them and was also elected club chairman on October 5, 2005. Tschürtz was in the XIX. Legislative period chairman of the state control committee and chairman of the immunity and incompatibility committee as well as FPÖ area spokesman for the topics of family, housing and security.

Johann Tschürtz with his coalition partner Hans Niessl in Großpetersdorf 2016

In August 2006 Tschürtz was re-elected as chairman with 84 percent. After Manfred Kölly was expelled from the FPÖ due to the publication of a secret FPÖ / SPÖ paper, the former state party chairman Wolfgang Rauter also criticized the incumbent FPÖ leader Tschürtz and announced a candidacy for the post of state party chairman. Ultimately, Rauter surprisingly withdrew his candidacy at a special party conference called on March 7, 2007. Tschürtz was subsequently confirmed with 65 of 68 votes, but many of the 96 delegates entitled to vote had left the hall after Rauter's speech. Subsequently, in spring 2007, Rauter and Manfred Kölly founded the “ Free Citizens List ” (FBL) platform . By switching from numerous FPÖ functionaries to the Free Citizens List, the FPÖ lost 40 percent of its votes in the 2007 municipal council elections .

In the state elections in Burgenland 2015 on May 31, 2015, the FPÖ with top candidate Johann Tschürtz received 15.04 percent of the votes (six of 36 seats) and thus the best result of the FPÖ in Burgenland since its foundation. His party went with the SPÖ coalition and Tschürtz was on July 9, 2015 Governor elected -Stellvertreter. In the course of his tenure, he supported the introduction of a mounted police force and the Rettet die Vereinfeste initiative . The “security partners” are his prestige project, and long-term unemployed people are to be integrated into the labor market through this project. In 2015 he was succeeded by Gerhard Kovasits as club chairman in the state parliament .

After the state election in Burgenland in 2020 , he announced his resignation as FPÖ state party leader. In this function, Alexander Petschnig was initially designated as his successor. Tschürtz stayed as a member of the Burgenland State Parliament and succeeded Géza Molnár as club chairman. Astrid Eisenkopf succeeded him as Deputy Governor in the Doskozil II provincial government . On March 7, 2020, Norbert Hofer was elected regional party chairman of the FPÖ Burgenland with 100 out of 132 valid votes . Opposing candidate Manfred Haidinger received 32 votes.

literature

  • Johann Kriegler: Political manual of Burgenland. III. Part (1996-2001). Eisenstadt 2001 (Burgenland Research; 84), ISBN 3-901517-29-4 .

Web links

Commons : Johann Tschürtz  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ ORF Burgenland bang: Rauter withdraws, Tschürtz remains boss, March 7, 2007
  2. ↑ Bezirksblatt FPÖ boss Tschürtz wants mounted police at the Burgenland border, August 14, 2017
  3. ↑ ORF Burgenland Tschürtz wants a gastronomy lawyer, December 1, 2015
  4. ↑ Courier security partner with the yellow jacket, January 8, 2019
  5. ^ Burgenland FPÖ club chairman Kovasits has died. In: The press . April 7, 2016, accessed January 28, 2020 .
  6. ^ FPÖ Burgenland chief Tschürtz resigns. In: ORF.at . January 28, 2020, accessed January 28, 2020 .
  7. ↑ Eisenkopf becomes LH deputy. In: ORF.at . January 30, 2020, accessed January 30, 2020 .
  8. ↑ Hofer elected as FPÖ state party leader. In: ORF.at . March 7, 2020, accessed March 7, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Tschürtz, Johann
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Tschürtz, Hans
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian police officer and politician (FPÖ), member of the state parliament, deputy governor
DATE OF BIRTH December 12, 1959
PLACE OF BIRTH Eisenstadt