Karl Markut

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Karl Markut (born June 26, 1954 in Wolfsberg ) is an Austrian construction technician and politician (formerly Team Stronach , formerly SPÖ ). He was a member of the Carinthian state parliament from 1997 to 1999 and 2004 to 2009 and has been the mayor of Sankt Georgen im Lavanttal since 2003 . He was convicted of fraudulent krida and infidelity .

education and profession

Karl Markut completed an apprenticeship as a technical draftsman after primary and secondary school and also attended a construction school.

Markut was self-employed as a construction technician, but gave up his civilian profession in 1996 when he was elected to the Carinthian state parliament.

politics

Between April 1985 and December 1990, Markut was a member of the municipal council and council in Sankt Paul im Lavanttal . After Sankt Georgen was raised to its own municipality, Markut was government commissioner in Sankt Georgen im Lavanttal from January 1991 to April 1991 and was elected mayor of the municipality on April 12, 1991. Between March 3, 1997 and April 8, 1999, he represented the SPÖ for the first time in the Carinthian state parliament and was a member of the committees on transport policy and road construction, agriculture and forestry, environmental policy and community policy, as well as tourism and trade. On March 21, 2004 he was sworn in again as a member of the state parliament. He was also on this day the club chairman elected the SPÖ parliamentary clubs. After Gabriele Schaunig-Kandut was elected SPÖ state party leader on October 30, 2005, Markut was subsequently replaced on November 23, 2005 by Peter Kaiser as SPÖ club chairman.

Markut, district party chairman in the Wolfsberg district since 2001 , resigned from all party offices in May 2008. He did not run again for a mandate in the state parliament.

At the beginning of 2013 he moved to the Stronach team for Carinthia , for which he acted as “team manager” in the 2013 Carinthian state elections .

In response to his conviction , Markut resigned from the Stronach team, but refuses to resign as mayor.

Convicted of infidelity and fraudulent krida

On March 4, 2016, Markut was sentenced to twelve months' conditional imprisonment and a fine (360 daily rates of 93 euros each) for infidelity and fraudulent crime . In addition, he also has to pay damages, whereby Markut recognized 95,000 euros in damage in the process.

The public prosecutor's office accused Markut of having, as managing director of Wigo-Haus, in some cases privately demanded money from customers so that he could grant them a discount on house construction. He is also said to have made an unjustified waiver of a claim. Markut confessed in the course of the trial and accepted the judgment. The public prosecutor's office also declined to appeal. The judgment is therefore final.

Private

Markut is married and has two sons and a daughter. He lives in Sankt Georgen in Lavanttal .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b About the person, Kleine Zeitung , November 18, 2005
  2. ↑ a b According to the judgment: Markut is not thinking of resigning as mayor. In: Small newspaper . March 6, 2016, accessed March 6, 2016 .
  3. ↑ "I'm giving up my job and becoming a professional politician", Kleine Zeitung , March 28, 2004
  4. ↑ Suffering Comrade, Die Presse , November 2, 2005
  5. ^ SPÖ: List creation calls for first prominent victim ( memento of October 8, 2014 in the Internet Archive ), Kleine Zeitung , May 28, 2008
  6. ↑ Official: Stronach brings ex-SP club boss in Carinthia , DiePresse.com , January 18, 2013. Accessed on January 29, 2013.
  7. ↑ a b The judgment against Karl Markut is final. In: Small newspaper . March 7, 2016, accessed March 8, 2016 .
  8. ↑ Karl Markut: Suspected fraud against the club director of Team Stronach. In: Profile . November 16, 2013, accessed March 5, 2016 .
  9. ↑ Mayor Markut threatens to lose office after the judgment. In: Small newspaper . March 4, 2016, accessed March 5, 2016 .
  10. ↑ Carinthian mayor convicted of unfaithfulness. In: The press . March 4, 2016, accessed March 5, 2016 .
personal data
SURNAME Markut, Karl
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian politician (SPÖ, TS), member of the state parliament, convicted criminal
DATE OF BIRTH June 26, 1954
PLACE OF BIRTH Wolfsberg