Kurt Ehrenberger

Kurt Ehrenberger (born October 20, 1933 in Vienna ) is a former Austrian entrepreneur and sports official . From November 8, 2008 to February 28, 2009, the then 75-year-old was interim president of the Austrian Football Association (ÖFB).

life and career

Kurt Ehrenberger was born on October 20, 1933 in the Austrian capital Vienna. After a teacher as a wholesale merchant , he subsequently worked in various companies and in later years, from 1972 to 1995, ran a hardware wholesale business as an independent wholesale merchant. From 1975 to 2004 he was active as part of the commercial representation of interests and acted, among other things, as federal committee chairman for the hardware trade and federal chairman of the iron and hardware trade and as president of the fund of the Viennese merchants . Furthermore, Ehrenberger, a member of the Austrian Chamber of Commerce , was already active as an amateur football player in his youth, before he later appeared as a sports official. After serving as a board member of the Austrian Football Association (ÖFB) from 1972 , he was elected President of the Vienna Football Association (WFV) in 1990 and held this position for a period of 20 years until 2010. At the WFV He started as secretary in 1964 and rose through the class chairman and vice-president to the highest possible position in the association.

At the ÖFB, he worked in parallel from 1999 as Vice President behind the long-time President Beppo Mauhart and his successor Friedrich Stickler . One of his main activities during this time was the organization of the 2008 European Football Championship in Switzerland and Austria, with Ehrenberger, as President of the Organizing Committee of the City of Vienna, making a significant contribution to the organization of the tournament. After Stickler's surprising resignation on November 7, 2008, the previous Vice President Ehrenberger took over the vacant presidency on an interim basis. In his office as ÖFB President, the then 75-year-old Viennese was active until the extraordinary ÖFB General Assembly on February 28, 2009, before he was officially replaced by Upper Austrian Leopold "Leo" Windtner , who had already been a member of the Ehrenbergers about a month earlier Successor was elected. After he had already headed the WFV in the previous weeks, the former referee Robert Sedlacek was officially elected WFV President on February 20, 2010 and thus Kurt Eherenberger's successor in this office. In the Vienna Football Association, Ehrenberger was primarily responsible for the promotion of women's and girls' football, with the establishment of a separate Vienna women's regional league under his leadership and the promotion of young talent in many ways.

For his commitment, he was awarded the Silver Merit of the State of Vienna on April 27, 1993 and officially presented on August 24, 1993. After he was also awarded the Golden Merit Sign of the State of Vienna on September 11, 2007 and officially accepted it on February 18, 2008, the Commercial Council also received this in 2000 as the then Vice Chairman of the Federal Trade Section of the Austrian Chamber of Commerce Great badge of honor for services to the Republic of Austria , which was brought in by the Federal Ministry of Economics and Labor .