Josef Lobnig

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Josef Lobnig (born December 9, 1958 ) is an Austrian tax officer and politician ( FPK , formerly FPÖ or BZÖ ). He has been a member of the Carinthian state parliament since 1999 and the third president of the state parliament since March 2013.

education and profession

After finishing elementary and secondary school, Lobnig attended a commercial school and passed the Matura at the Federal High School for Working People . He was a tax officer at the Klagenfurt tax office, where he was responsible for auditing large companies. After the election as the first President of the State Parliament, Lobnig took leave of absence on January 1, 2007.

politics

Lobnig was a member of the city council of the municipality of Völkermarkt between 1997 and 2001 and entered the state parliament on April 8, 1999 as a representative of the FPÖ. Between 1999 and 2004 Lobnig was also a substitute member of the government for the first deputy governor, Karl Pfeifenberger . On February 21, 2005 Lobnig was elected Third President of the Carinthian State Parliament, on December 13, 2006 he took over the office of First President. Lobnig is also the area spokesman for the Freedom State Parliament Club for the issues of ethnic groups and the budget.

In the course of the split in the FPÖ, Lobnig switched to the BZÖ, like almost all of the Carinthian state parliament members. From October 1997 he was FPÖ district party chairman in the Völkermarkt district and subsequently also carried out this function for the BZÖ. On December 16, 2009, the Carinthian BZÖ split off from the Federal BZÖ and, as the FPK, sought close cooperation with the FPÖ.

In 2009 Lobnig came under fire after he made space in the Landhaus-Galerie available for an exhibition that glorified the Stalinist regime of North Korea in partly anti-Semitic statements.

In the context of the letter survey of the Carinthian population on the " town sign compromise " achieved in 2011, Lobnig said that the vote corresponds to the choice between plague and cholera.

Private

Lobnig is married and has a daughter. He lives in Haimburg .

honors and awards

Individual evidence

  1. ^ ORF Kärnten First President of the Landtag: Portrait of Josef Lobnig, December 13, 2006
  2. ↑ Der Standard, 10./11. October 2009, p.6 "Jewish-Imperialist Lies" "
  3. ^ Die Presse, October 9, 2009 Carinthia: The show praises the North Koreans' loyalty to their home country
  4. ↑ Kleine Zeitung, May 31, 2011 " "

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personal data
SURNAME Lobnig, Josef
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian politician (FPK), member of the Carinthian state parliament and president of the state parliament
DATE OF BIRTH December 9, 1958