Klaus Schneeberger

Klaus Schneeberger (2013)

Klaus Schneeberger (born April 18, 1950 in Lienz , Tyrol ) is an Austrian politician ( ÖVP ). He is the mayor of Wiener Neustadt .

Since 1993 he has been a member of the Lower Austrian state parliament , and since 2000 there has also been the club chairman of his party.

Life

After elementary school, Schneeberger attended the lower level of grammar school and then the Wiener Neustadt Commercial Academy , which he graduated with the Matura in 1971. Schneeberger then studied business administration at the Vienna University of Economics and Business and graduated with the academic degree Mag. Rer. soc. oec. Ab. He then taught for a few years at the Wiener Neustadt Commercial Academy and then worked as a personnel officer at EVN , most recently as a deputy department head.

Schneeberger began his political career in the young ÖVP Wiener Neustadt and was elected to the city council in 1975. From 1986 to 2000 he was Vice Mayor of Wiener Neustadt, responsible for archives, museums and tourism as well as for construction and transport, among other things. During this time he initiated, among other things, the establishment of the RIZ NÖ Süd in 1988, based in Wiener Neustadt. Schneeberger has been a member of the state parliament since June 7, 1993 and took over the office of club chairman in 2000. Klaus Schneeberger has been CEO of Arena Nova BetriebsGmbH since 1990 .

In the role of managing club chairman, he supported projects for the city of Wiener Neustadt, such as the construction of the Arena Nova multifunctional hall in 1994 , the construction of the technical college and the establishment of the TFZ technology and research center.

Schneeberger negotiated for the People's Party at the state level the introduction of preferential votes also at the state level and the principle “name before party”, which resulted in a strengthening of the personality element of the right to vote. As part of a democracy package by the People's Party of Lower Austria, Schneeberger negotiated numerous minority rights for smaller parliamentary groups with the other parties represented in the state parliament. From the 19th legislative period onwards, four MPs will be able to successfully submit applications and current hours instead of the previous six. In addition, from then on, one third of the mandataries of the Lower Austrian state parliament will have the right to institute investigative deficits, to have the auditing of conduct by the audit office and to have the law checked by the constitutional court.

On February 20, 2015, Schneeberger was elected Mayor of Wiener Neustadt with a majority of 22 out of 40 votes in the municipal council. Together with the FPÖ, the Greens, the Wiener Neustadt Social List and the Haberler List, he embarked on the experiment of a “colorful city government”.

Klaus Schneeberger is married and has three adult children and a grandfather of five grandchildren.

Since 1970 he has been a member of the Catholic student association K.Ö.HV Neostadia in the ÖCV .

Awards

2003: Great Gold Medal for Services to the Republic of Austria
2009: Silver Commander's Cross with the Star of Honor for Services to the State of Lower Austria
Honorary citizen of Wiener Neustadt

Web links

Commons : Klaus Schneeberger - Collection of Images

Klaus Schneeberger on the website of the Lower Austrian Parliament
Klaus Schneeberger on the website of the ÖVP State Parliament Club Lower Austria
Klaus Schneeberger at www.meineabektiven.at

Individual evidence

↑ Wr. Neustadt: ÖVP mayor for the first time. February 20, 2015, accessed March 19, 2019 .
↑ https://www.mein Bezirk.at/wiener-neustadt/politik/bunte-regierung-startet-in-die-zweite-halbzeit-d2204455.html
↑ Cartell Association of Catholic Austrian Student Associations (ed.), Complete Directory 2004, Vienna 2004, Part IV, p. 510
↑ List of all decorations awarded by the Federal President for services to the Republic of Austria from 1952 (PDF; 6.9 MB)

predecessor	Office	successor
Bernhard Muller	Mayor of the City of Wiener Neustadt since 2015	-

personal data
SURNAME	Schneeberger, Klaus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Austrian politician (ÖVP), member of the state parliament
DATE OF BIRTH	April 18, 1950
PLACE OF BIRTH	Lienz

[1] Wr. Neustadt: ÖVP mayor for the first time. February 20, 2015, accessed March 19, 2019 .

[2] ttps://www.mein Bezirk.at/wiener-neustadt/politik/bunte-regierung-startet-in-die-zweite-halbzeit-d2204455.html

[3] Cartell Association of Catholic Austrian Student Associations (ed.), Complete Directory 2004, Vienna 2004, Part IV, p. 510

[4] List of all decorations awarded by the Federal President for services to the Republic of Austria from 1952 (PDF; 6.9 MB)