State government Weingartner III
The provincial government Weingartner III formed the Tyrolean provincial government from the state elections in 1999 until the resignation of governor Wendelin Weingartner . She succeeded the state government Weingartner II . The members of the state government were sworn in on March 30, 1999. After the proportional representation system was abolished in 1998, the ÖVP and SPÖ formed a grand coalition.
During the term of office of the Weingartner III provincial government, there were two changes in the government team. Provincial councilor Fritz Astl (ÖVP) was replaced by Günther Platter as regional education councilor in 2000 , and Herbert Prock resigned in 2002 . While the existing state councilor Christa Gangl took over his social agendas, the new SPÖ party chairman Hannes Gschwentner came to the state government and took over Gangl's environmental department.
Government members
Office | Surname | Political party | Business areas at the end of the legislative period |
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Governor | Wendelin Weingartner | ÖVP | Tourism, European transport policy, South Tyrol, matters of European integration, culture, university, matters of the federal and state constitution |
1. Deputy Governor | Ferdinand Eberle | ÖVP | Finance, agriculture and forestry, economics |
2. Deputy Governor | Hannes Gschwentner | SPÖ | Environmental protection, waste management, building law, universities of applied sciences, event management, statistics |
Provincial Councilor | Christa Gangl | SPÖ | Social affairs, youth welfare, refugee affairs, social insurance |
Provincial Council | Günther Platter | ÖVP | Culture, school, sport, labor market and employee promotion |
Provincial Council | Konrad Streiter | ÖVP | Regional planning and land traffic, community affairs, vocational schools |
Provincial Councilor | Elisabeth Zanon-zur Nedden | ÖVP | Health, hospitals, family, women, youth and senior citizens policy, housing subsidies |
Members of the state government who left prematurely | |||
Provincial Council | Fritz Astl | ÖVP | education |
Deputy Governor | Herbert Prock | SPÖ | Social and youth welfare, health and social district, refugee system, construction and maintenance of all federal and state buildings, universities of applied sciences, competence centers |