Josef Bucher

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Josef Bucher (2011)

Josef Bucher (born August 19, 1965 in Friesach , Carinthia ) is a former Austrian politician (first FPÖ , then BZÖ ) and tourism salesman. From 2008 to 2013 he was club chairman of the BZÖ parliamentary club and from 2009 to 2013 federal alliance chairman of the BZÖ.

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School education and professional education

Josef Bucher began his education in 1971 in the elementary school in Friesach, switched to the secondary school in his place of birth in 1975 and attended the commercial school in Althofen between 1979 and 1980 . From 1980 to 1983 Bucher was at the hotel management school in Villach , from 1983 to 1986 he studied at the Higher Federal College for Tourism Professions in Bad Ischl , which he graduated from in 1986 with the Matura. Then Bucher did his military service .

Professional career

After completing his apprenticeship, Bucher worked at the Hotel Bristol, Hotel Ananas and MS Vistafjord between 1988 and 1991 and in 1991 became managing partner of Familien Bucher GmbH - Hotel Metnitztalerhof. Between 1995 and 1997 Bucher worked as the managing chairman of the Friesach tourism company and from 1996 to 2003 as the managing director of the Carinthian Wirtshauskultur association. Between 2000 and 2003 he was also managing director of BÖG (Federation of Austrian Hospitality) Carinthia.

Political career and functions

Josef Bucher worked for the Carinthian Chamber of Commerce between 1997 and 2003, among other things as a chamber councilor and member of the tourism section. He has been a board member of the Carinthian Economic Society since 2001 and was a member of the Presidium of Austria Advertising between 2000 and 2006. Bucher has been a member of the supervisory board of Kärnten Werbung and the supervisory board of Tourismus Holding Kärnten since 2002. Since 2005 he has also been chairman of the supervisory board of Kärnten Werbung and Tourismus Holding Kärnten and from 2005 to 2006 he was also the regional tourism director of the Province of Carinthia.

Josef Bucher entered the National Council for the FPÖ on December 20, 2002 and joined the BZÖ after the party split . In the National Council elections, he was re-elected to the National Council through the Carinthian state election proposal. In 2005, Bucher took on the role of spokesman for finance, budget, tourism and the Court of Auditors and was chairman of the tourism committee between 2006 and 2008.

In the legislative period up to 2013 he was a member of the following committees: Finance Committee , Standing Subcommittee of the Budget Committee, Main Committee, Standing Joint Committee within the meaning of Section 9 of the Finance Constitution Act 1948, Standing Subcommittee of the Main Committee, Standing Subcommittee on ESM Matters, Budget Committee.

Bucher was unanimously elected club chairman of the BZÖ on October 22, 2008. Previously, Stefan Petzner was considered the favorite for this position. He describes himself as free and liberal and counts himself as part of the civil right.

On April 16, 2009 Bucher was nominated as the new party chairman by the board of the BZÖ. On April 26, 2009, he was elected to succeed the deceased party leader Jörg Haider at a party congress with 99.4 percent of the delegate's votes.

As a result of the splitting off of the by far most important BZÖ regional association “ Die Freiheitlichen in Kärnten ”, which rejected Bucher's course as legally liberal (considerable parts of the BZÖ Carinthia switched to the FPK) and joining the Federal FPÖ, Josef Bucher became on January 30, 2010 in a founding convention of the new BZÖ Carinthia with 99.6% (with only one invalid vote) also elected provincial chairman in Carinthia, with Stefan Petzner representing him as executive provincial chairman.

On October 2, 2013, three days after the National Council election , in which the BZÖ failed to return to parliament due to the much greater pull of the FPK in Carinthia, Bucher resigned as party chairman.

Private

Josef Bucher is divorced and has three sons.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Website of the Austrian Parliamentary Committees
  2. ↑ orf.at: orf.at BZÖ: Josef Bucher elected club chairman. October 22, 2008
  3. ^ Diepresse.com: Josef Bucher: "Was never an ÖVP member". October 30, 2008
  4. ↑ ots.at: Josef Bucher elected BZÖ chairman with 99.4 percent Subsequent: overwhelming majority for new BZÖ boss. April 26, 2009.
  5. ↑ ots.at: Bucher elected BZÖ regional chairman with 99.6 percent. January 30, 2010.
  6. ↑ “ The BZÖ is falling apart - Bucher takes his hat. “ Www.format.at, October 2, 2013.
  7. ↑ BZÖ.at: Profile - Josef Bucher ( Memento of the original from May 11, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. August 13, 2012. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.bzoe.at

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SURNAME Bucher, Josef
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian politician (FPÖ, BZÖ), member of the National Council
DATE OF BIRTH August 19, 1965
PLACE OF BIRTH Friesach