State government Sausgruber III

State government Sausgruber III
Governor	Herbert Sausgruber
choice	2004
Legislative period	XXVIII.
Appointed by	Vorarlberg State Parliament
education	October 5, 2004
The End	October 14, 2009
Duration	5 years and 9 days
predecessor	State government Sausgruber II
successor	State government Sausgruber IV
composition
Party (s)	ÖVP and FPÖ
representation
Vorarlberg State Parliament	26/36

The state government Sausgruber III was the Vorarlberg state government from 2004 to 2009 under Governor Herbert Sausgruber . The members of the state government were elected on October 5, 2004 by the Vorarlberg state parliament. The Austrian People's Party formed after the state election in 2004 a coalition with the Freedom Party of Austria , was involved in making the FPÖ since 1974 of uninterrupted government. The FPÖ provided a member of the seven-member state government. With the third state government under Herbert Sausgruber, the ÖVP established its 15th state government in a row since Vorarlberg regained sovereignty in 1945.

During the legislative period there was a first change in the government team on December 13, 2006. State governor Hans-Peter Bischof resigned from office for health reasons. He was succeeded by the then club chairman of the People's Party in the Landtag, Markus Wallner , who was elected to his new office on the same day by the Landtag.

In the Landtag session of December 10, 2008, Provincial Councilor Manfred Rein resigned from his post after he had been elected President of the Vorarlberg Chamber of Commerce on November 20 . His successor as economic state councilor was Karlheinz Rüdisser , who had previously headed the economic department in the office of the Vorarlberg state government.

Government members

Office	Surname		Areas of responsibility
Governor	Herbert Sausgruber	ÖVP	Human Resources, Financial Matters, Asset Management, Governance, Government Services, European and External Relations, Science, Student Grants, Fire Police, Relief and Rescue, Disaster Response
Provincial governor	Markus Wallner from December 13, 2006	ÖVP	Health law and social insurance, medical affairs, culture, further education, archives and libraries, music schools, assistance for the disabled
Provincial Council	Dieter Egger	FPÖ	Building construction, water management and water protection, mechanical engineering, electrical and cable car technology, elevator technology, waste management
Provincial Council	Karlheinz Rüdisser from December 10, 2008	ÖVP	General economic matters, in particular economic and transport policy, tourism, business law, in particular trade and water law, spatial planning and building law, housing subsidies, traffic law, road construction
Provincial Councilor	Greti Schmid	ÖVP	Family, women, youth and senior citizens, social affairs, care and support, matters of development cooperation, IT, telecommunications policy
Provincial Council	Erich Schwärzler	ÖVP	Agriculture, environmental protection, internal affairs and integration, forestry, energy, veterinary affairs, torrent and avalanche control, agricultural hydraulic engineering
Provincial Council	Siegmund Stemer	ÖVP	Legislation, Executive President of the State School Council for Vorarlberg, School, Sport
Members of the state government who left prematurely
Provincial governor	Hans-Peter Bischof left on December 13, 2006	ÖVP	Health law and social insurance, medical affairs, culture, further education, archives and libraries, music schools, assistance for the disabled
Provincial Council	Manfred Rein retired on December 10, 2008	ÖVP	General economic matters, in particular economic and transport policy, tourism, business law, in particular trade and water law, spatial planning and building law, housing subsidies, traffic law, road construction