State government Meyer

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The state government of Meyer formed the Salzburg state government under Governor Oskar Meyer in the 1st legislative period of the First Republic from the election of the state government on April 23, 1919 to the new elections and the election of Franz Rehrl as the new governor on May 4, 1922.

In the 1919 state elections , the Christian Social Party had a relative majority with 19 seats. The Social Democratic Workers' Party of German Austria (SDAPDÖ) won 12 of the 40 seats, the German Freedom Party (DFP) received eight seats. A mandate was also allocated to the Pinzgau Economic Party, whose deputy Johann Hasenauer subsequently joined the Christian-Social State Parliament Club.

After the members of the state parliament were sworn in on April 23, 1919, the state parliament elected the members of the state government under Governor Oskar Meyer on the same day .

The main focus of the government was the rebuilding of the city and state of Salzburg and the fight against the economic hardship of the population. The first Salzburg Festival took place under Governor Meyer in 1920 .

Government members

Office Surname Political party Departments
Governor Oskar Meyer CSP Construction and transport
Deputy Governor Franz Rehrl CSP Constitutional and administrative reform, law, culture and science
Provincial Council Daniel Etter CSP Art, culture and education, replaced from 1921 by Michael Neureiter
Provincial Council Johann Lackner CSP Agriculture
Provincial Council Wilhelm Scherthanner CSP Social
Provincial Council Anton Christoph DFP
Provincial Council Josef Breitenfelder SDAP
Provincial Council Karl Emminger SDAP job

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