Johanna Preinstorfer
Johanna Preinstorfer (born June 17, 1929 in Altmünster as Johanna Führer ) is a former Austrian politician ( ÖVP ) and president of the Upper Austrian state parliament .
education and profession
After primary school, Preinstorfer attended three classes of a secondary school and then switched to the Kreuzschwestern grammar school in Ort, where she passed her Matura in 1948 . She then completed a two-year course for agricultural teachers and graduated from there in 1950. She then worked as a teacher for housekeeping, agriculture and German at the agricultural school Weyregg am Attersee. After their marriage in 1960 Preinstorfer worked as a farmer.
Politics and functions
The farmer began her political career in 1971 as a district farmer and was her successor after the death of country farmer Kronsteiner in 1973. As a result, she also held the position of deputy head of the Austrian women's movement and from 1973 was the first woman to be a member of the plenary assembly of the Chamber of Agriculture. Within the party, she also worked as a member of the ÖVP federal party leadership. After the state elections in 1973 , she was sworn in as a member of the Upper Austrian state parliament on November 16, 1973, where she was a member of the state parliament until October 29, 1991. On October 25, 1979, at the request of the farmers' union chairman Lehner, she was elected Upper Austria's first female state parliament president. She remained in this office until she left the state parliament. In addition, Preinstorfer was a councilor on the Ohlsdorf council and was elected the first female mayor of Upper Austria in November 1982.
Private
Preinstorfer was born as the eldest of seven children of a couple of innkeepers in Altenmühl. At that time the place belongs to Altmünster, but today it belongs to Gmunden. On October 10, 1960, she married the farmer Alois Preinstorfer from Ehrendorf in the municipality of Ohlsdorf and subsequently lived on his Kothmairgut, a farm with bulls and vegetables. Between 1961 and 1969 she gave birth to three daughters and a son.
Awards
- Economist (1986)
- Great decoration of the state of Upper Austria
Individual evidence
literature
- Harry Slapnicka : Upper Austria - The political leadership from 1945 (= contributions to the contemporary history of Upper Austria. 12). Oöla, Linz 1989, ISBN 3-90031-347-4 , p. 214 ff.
Web links
- Biography of Johanna Preinstorfer on the server of the federal state of Upper Austria .
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Preinstorfer, Johanna |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Fuehrer, Johanna |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | President of the Upper Austrian State Parliament (ÖVP) |
DATE OF BIRTH | June 17, 1929 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Altmünster |