State government Pröll V

The state government Proell V formed by the federal election low Austria 2008 to the state election in Lower Austria in 2013 the Lower Austrian Government . At the constituent meeting on April 11, 2008, Erwin Pröll was re-elected Governor of Lower Austria and sworn in. Due to the proportional representation system, there are six representatives from the ÖVP, two from the SPÖ and one from the FPÖ in the state government.

The first change in the composition of the government concerned the office of health councilor. After Regional Councilor Gabriele Heinisch-Hosek had been appointed to the Federal Government Faymann I , Karin Scheele, Member of the European Parliament, was elected as her successor on December 11, 2008.

On February 18, 2009 it was announced that the regional councilors Ernest Gabmann and Josef Plank were resigning prematurely. Gabmann switched to the board of directors of Vienna Airport and Plank switched to the private sector. The next day the two new members of the government, Stephan Pernkopf and Johann Heuras, were announced, and some resort raids were carried out. Wolfgang Sobotka became the new deputy governor and Petra Bohuslav switched to business.

After the previous regional councilor Johanna Mikl-Leitner had been appointed Minister of the Interior, Barbara Schwarz, until then mayor of Dürnstein , was elected to her successor as regional councilor on April 28, 2011 . At the same time, Johann Heuras resigned from the state government and took over the office of second president of the state parliament. His successor was the previous mayor of Poysdorf and member of the state parliament, Karl Wilfing.

Government members

Office	Surname	Political party	Departments
Governor	Erwin Pröll	ÖVP	Personnel, press, state participations, culture, security, traffic
Deputy Governor	Wolfgang Sobotka	ÖVP	Finance, Housing, and Communities
Deputy Governor	Josef Leitner	SPÖ	Consumer protection and municipal administration
Provincial Councilor	Petra Bohuslav	ÖVP	Economy, technology, tourism and sports
Provincial Councilor	Karin Scheele	SPÖ	Health and Social Administration
Provincial Councilor	Barbara Schwarz	ÖVP	Social, work and family
Provincial Council	Stephan Pernkopf	ÖVP	Environment, agriculture and nature conservation
Provincial Councilor	Barbara Rosary	FPÖ	Building law and animal welfare
Provincial Council	Karl Wilfing	ÖVP	Public transport, youth, education, spatial planning and integration
Members of the state government who left prematurely
Provincial Councilor	Gabriele Heinisch-Hosek	SPÖ	Health and Social Administration
Provincial Council	Ernest Gabmann	ÖVP	Economy, technology and tourism
Provincial Council	Josef Plank	ÖVP	Environment, agriculture and nature conservation
Provincial Councilor	Johanna Mikl-Leitner	ÖVP	Social, work and family
Provincial Council	Johann Heuras	ÖVP	Youth, education and sport

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Official press release on www.ots.at, accessed on January 1, 2013
2. ↑ State government will be reorganized on ORF on February 18, 2009, accessed on February 19, 2009
3. ↑ The new state councils of the ÖVP are fixed on ORF on February 19, 2009, accessed on February 19, 2009
4. ↑ noe.orf.at New members of the government were elected  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.