Josef Schwaiger (politician, 1965)

Josef Schwaiger (born July 17, 1965 in Berndorf near Salzburg , Flachgau ) is an Austrian politician ( ÖVP ) and agricultural economist. It is 2013 since June 19, the provincial government in the jun provincial government Haslauer. I or state government Haslauer jun. II .

education and profession

Schwaiger grew up in Flachgau and attended the Berndorf elementary school from 1971 to 1975. Between 1975 and 1979 he switched to the secondary school in Mattsee and then from 1979 to 1981 he attended the agricultural college in Kleßheim. From 1981 to 1986 he graduated from the Higher Federal School of Origin and studied political science from 1986 to 1991 at the Universities of Salzburg and Vienna and from 1987 to 1992 agricultural economics at the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences in Vienna . He was also a guest student at the Technical University of Vienna between 1987 and 1989 . Schwaiger celebrated his graduation as a graduate engineer in 1992 and continued his education from 1992 to 1993 at the Agricultural Education Academy in Vienna. There he also passed the teaching examination in 1993. From 1993 to 1996 he wrote his dissertation at the Institute for Business Administration and Agricultural Engineering at the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences and obtained his doctorate in Natural Resources and Life Sciences in 1996.

After Schwaiger had carried out various holiday activities between 1980 and 1993, in particular as a construction site assistant and agricultural skilled worker, he joined the Salzburg state government in 1993, where he was employed as a construction site clerk for alpine farming and official agricultural expert from 1993 to 1995. From 1995 to 1998 he worked as a clerk in the agricultural policy department, then from 1998 to 2000 he was the office manager of Regional Councilor Josef Eisl . In 2001 he was promoted to head of the rural development department and in 2004 to head of the entire agriculture and forestry department. In 2009 he took over the management of the livelihood and energy department (water management, agriculture and energy). In addition, from 2003 Schwaiger was also active as a part-time middle school teacher at HLFS Ursprung in the subject of agricultural machinery technology.

politics

After the state elections in 2013 , Josef Schwaiger was elected to the state council on June 19, 2013. He took over the departments of agriculture, forestry, water management and energy (division of department 4: livelihoods and energy ) as well as personnel (not including state clinics). In this function he succeeded Regional Councilor Josef Eisl . Schwaiger was not politically active before he entered the state government.

Private

Schwaiger was born to Josef and Franziska Schwaiger and is married. He became the father of a daughter in 1993 and 2002. He describes his family as his hobbies as well as handicrafts, cycling, hiking and reading.

Web links

• Josef Schwaiger State of Salzburg
• ORF Salzburg “Brief portraits of the new government”, June 12, 2013
• Josef Schwaiger at www.meineabektiven.at