Matthias Achs

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Matthias Achs (born December 6, 1939 in Gols ; † May 25, 2011 ibid) was an Austrian politician ( SPÖ ) and federal civil servant . Achs was a member of the Federal Council from 1981 to 1985 and a member of the Austrian National Council from 1989 to 1999 .

education and profession

Achs was born as the son of the master saddler and upholsterer and farmer Paul Achs from Gols. After primary school in Gols and secondary school in Neusiedl am See , Achs initially worked as a farmer. Between 1961 and 1963 he attended the police school, after having already done military service from 1959 to 1960. He passed the official high school diploma in 1966 . Achs worked as a security guard from 1961 to 1967 and was taken on as an officer in the senior administrative service of the Eisenstadt Federal Police Department in 1967. He worked in the criminal justice department from 1967 to 1976 and was head of the presidential and personnel department from 1976 to 1981. In 1991 he was appointed official director, in 1993 he was appointed government councilor.

politics

Achs was councilor in Gols from 1972 to 1977 and from 1977 mayor of the community. From 1976 he was local party chairman of the SPÖ Gols, from 1982 district party chairman of the SPÖ Neusiedl am See and from 1982 a member of the state party executive of the SPÖ Burgenland. He represented the SPÖ from 1985 to 1989 in the Burgenland Landtag, was a member of the Federal Council from July 6, 1981 to September 30, 1985 and was a member of the National Council from January 13, 1989 to October 28, 1999. In 2006 Achs resigned from his position as mayor and withdrew from politics for health reasons.

Private

Achs was married and the father of two daughters and two sons. He died on May 25, 2011 after a long illness and was buried on June 1, 2011 in the cemetery in Gols.

On September 15, 2012, a bust in his honor was unveiled in Gols VIP Park.

Awards

literature

  • Johann Kriegler: Political manual of Burgenland. Volume 2: (1945–1995) (= Burgenland Research. 76). Burgenland State Archives, Eisenstadt 1996, ISBN 3-901517-07-3 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ ORF Burgenland Gols: Matthias Achs resigns from the mayor's office, November 7, 2006
personal data
SURNAME Oh, Matthias
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian politician (SPÖ), member of the National Council, member of the Federal Council
DATE OF BIRTH December 6, 1939
PLACE OF BIRTH Gols
DATE OF DEATH May 25, 2011
Place of death Gols