List of members of the Salzburg state parliament (14th legislative period)
This list of members of the Salzburg state parliament (14th legislative period) lists all members of the Salzburg state parliament during the 14th legislative period (as of October 3, 2012). The legislative period began with the inauguration of the state parliament on April 22, 2009, and the state government Burgstaller II was elected in the first state parliament session .
After the state elections in 2009 , 15 of the 36 seats went to the Social Democratic Party of Austria (SPÖ), 14 to the Austrian People's Party (ÖVP), 5 to the Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ) and 2 seats to The Greens - The Green Alternative (Greens). The SPÖ lost two mandates to the FPÖ, ÖVP and the Greens were able to maintain their mandate status despite a slight loss of votes.
Functions
Landtag President
Despite the fact that the SPÖ had become the party with the strongest mandate, the ÖVP received the right to the first president of the state parliament. Originally, Hans Scharfetter provided for the post, but he was injured the day before the election so strong that he could not attend the first session of the Diet. Simon Illmer , who was elected First President of the State Parliament on April 22, stepped in for him . Illmer resigned from the office of President of the State Parliament on June 9, 2009, whereupon Scharfetter took over the office of President of the State Parliament after his inauguration on June 10. Due to the consequences of the injury, however, Scharfetter resigned from his position as President of the State Parliament on August 31, 2009 and was replaced by Simon Illmer on September 16, 2009.
Gudrun Mosler-Törnström was elected to the post of Second President of the State Parliament on April 22nd, according to the party agreement of the SPÖ and ÖVP no third President of the State Parliament was elected.
Club chairmen
The “Social Democratic Landtag Club” elected Roland Meisl as club chairman at the constituent club meeting on April 20 . Gudrun Mosler-Törnström and Arno Kosmata were elected as deputy club chairmen . On the same day, Gerlinde Rogatsch was appointed club chairwoman and Simon Illmer , Josef Sampl and Michael Obermoser as their deputies for the “ÖVP-Landtag Club” . Schnell Karl presides over the state parliament club of the FPÖ , while Rosemarie Blattl and Lukas Essl are the club chairmen's deputies . The Greens, who again lacked the strength of the club, formed the parliamentary group of the Greens. where Cyriaksburg Schwaighofer in the inaugural group meeting on 16 April to the Group Chairman and his colleague Astrid Roessler deputy group leaders-was elected.