Matthias Strolz

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Matthias Strolz (born June 10, 1973 in Bludenz , Vorarlberg ) is an Austrian entrepreneur and former politician ( NEOS ). From 2013 to 2018 he was a member of the Austrian National Council , where he was also the club chairman of his party. From 2012 to 2018 he was a founding member and federal party chairman of the NEOS - Das Neue Österreich party, with which he immediately entered the National Council in the 2013 National Council election in Austria .

Education and career

Strolz grew up in Wald am Arlberg, a district of the municipality of Dalaas , in the Vorarlberg Klostertal . In 1991 he graduated from the Matura on Bundesgymnasium Bludenz . During his school days from 1990 to 1991 he was the state school spokesman for Vorarlberg. Then Strolz began studying international economics and political science at the University of Innsbruck ; In 1994/95 he spent a semester abroad at Dublin City University . In the course of his studies, Strolz was elected chairman of the student body at the University of Innsbruck in 1996 as a member of the action community . Between 1997 and 1998 he also worked as a freelance journalist and writer and moved a year later to military service in the Austrian army one.

In 2000, Strolz acquired the qualification of a certified management consultant , and he also became a trainee at the Federation of Industrialists . Since 1997 he has also worked as a freelance trainer and moderator. At the same time he became a member of parliament for the Vorarlberg ÖVP National Councilor Karlheinz Kopf . In 2003 he obtained his doctorate with a dissertation on the subject of organizational development at the Faculty for Interdisciplinary Research and Training at the University of Klagenfurt in Vienna .

In 2001 Strolz founded ic2 consulting GmbH as managing partner . From 2008 he was then managing partner of promitto GmbH.

After leaving active domestic politics, Matthias Strolz returned to work as an entrepreneur and systemic organizational developer. In June 2019 he took part in the Salzburg startup story.one . On June 4, 2019, Matthias Strolz returned to the media stage with the TV show Strolz meets ... on the Austrian private broadcaster Puls 4 . Also in June 2019, Strolz became a member of the expert advisory board of the newly established "Mega Education Foundation " of the B&C Private Foundation and the Berndorf Private Foundation.

Political career

Matthias Strolz stopped his entrepreneurial activities in October 2012 when he co-founded the NEOS - Das Neue Österreich party , which he was elected chairman at the founding convention on October 27, 2012. The newly founded party entered into an electoral alliance with the Liberal Forum in the run-up to the National Council election in 2013 and received 5.0% of the votes, which enabled it to join the National Council.

On October 29, 2013 Strolz was sworn in for the first time as a member of the Austrian National Council. In parliament he subsequently acted as club chairman of the parliamentary club of NEOS and LIF . After the merger of NEOS and LIF to form the new party Neos - The New Austria and Liberal Forum on January 25, 2014, he was again elected party chairman by the general assembly.

On May 7, 2018, Strolz announced that he would step down as party chairman at the end of June 2018 and subsequently also as club chairman in autumn and leave the National Council. Its on Social Affairs Beate Hartinger Klein directed Sager "What about you, Mrs. Minister !?" was organized by the Research Center for Austrian German for award of the year 2018 chosen. With the sentence, which was part of his speech on the Non-Smoking Protection Act at the session of the National Council on February 28, 2018, he expressed his astonishment that the Minister had previously indirectly defended harmful smoking.

“I am not a passenger, I am the pilot of my life. I follow the call of my heart. "

- Matthias Strolz : A quote from the press conference on May 7, 2018 on the occasion of his announced resignation.

Strolz has repeatedly attracted attention during his political career through his graphic and striking comparisons; A frequent comparison was that of the “wing lifter”, with which he, who would have liked to become education minister, spoke out in favor of opportunities in education in particular. At a party congress on June 23, 2018, he was officially adopted as party chairman and Beate Meinl-Reisinger was elected by the delegates as his successor. Meinl-Reisinger followed Strolz in autumn 2018 as a member of the National Council and NEOS club chairwoman. After the National Council meeting on September 26, 2018, Matthias Strolz resigned as a member of the National Council and left the mandate to his successor.

Musical career

In October 2018 he presented his album Lost in Space together with Kurt Razelli at Flex in Vienna . The album entered the FM4 charts at number 14 as the highest newcomer in its first week .

Private life

Strolz has been married to his wife since 2005 and has three daughters. He lives with his family in Mauer , part of the 23rd Viennese district of Liesing .

Publications

  • Matthias Strolz: Be the pilot of your life: In 5 steps to personal development . Brandstätter Verlag, Vienna 2019, ISBN 978-3-7106-0365-5 .
  • Matthias Strolz: My new Austria: Home of great opportunities . Content merchant, Vienna 2017, ISBN 978-3-9504371-4-0 .
  • With Michael Unger (Hrsg.): Matthias Strolz, Michael Unger (Hrsg.): The mature school: Buntbuch Schulautonomie . Content merchant, Vienna 2015, ISBN 978-3-9504027-0-4 .
  • A full mix of idealism and professionalism . In: Thomas Hofer , Barbara Tóth (ed.): Election 2013. Power, media, billionaires - analyzes of the National Council election . 2nd Edition. LIT , Vienna 2014, ISBN 978-3-643-50549-1 , p. 95–105 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
  • Barbara Guwak, Matthias Strolz: The fourth offense: How we find our way in a chaotic world . Goldegg Verlag , Vienna 2012, ISBN 978-3-902729-98-9 .
  • Matthias Strolz: Why we don't trust politicians ... and what they have to do to change that . K & S, Vienna 2011, ISBN 978-3-218-00821-1 .

Web links

Commons : Matthias Strolz  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Meinl-Reisinger new NEOS boss . In: news.ORF.at . June 23, 2018 ( orf.at [accessed June 23, 2018]).
  2. ^ Matthias Strolz: The change concept of organizational development in political institutions: a strategy project of the federal management of the Austrian Economic Association . Dissertation. University of Klagenfurt, 2003.
  3. ↑ Jakob Steinschaden: Ex-politician Matthias Strolz joins Salzburg's startup story.one. In: trendingtopics.at . June 11, 2019, accessed July 23, 2019 .
  4. ↑ Matthias Strolz now makes television. In: Wiener Zeitung . May 22, 2019, accessed July 23, 2019 .
  5. ↑ B&C and Berndorf are investing millions in a new mega private foundation. In: DiePresse.com . June 24, 2019, accessed July 23, 2019 .
  6. ^ New NEOS party held founding convention. Article on DiePresse.com from October 27, 2012.
  7. ↑ Final result of the 2013 National Council election on the BM.I website
  8. ↑ United NEOS or the end of the Liberal Forum. Article on DiePresse.com from January 25, 2014.
  9. ↑ NEOS boss Strolz resigns. In: ORF.at . May 7, 2018. Retrieved May 7, 2018 .
  10. ↑ Saying of the year 2018 - "What about you, Minister !?" at oedeutsch.at
  11. ↑ "I am the pilot of my life" In: derStandard.at. Retrieved May 17, 2018
  12. ↑ APA, Herbert Pfarrhofer: Strolz in quotations: "My drug is energy".
  13. ↑ The sash lifter goes. Wiener Zeitung, May 7, 2018
  14. ↑ Resignation with tears, then Strolz got into the taxi. Today, May 7, 2018
  15. ↑ Pink sash lifter as a symbol. Vorarlberger Nachrichten, May 8, 2018
  16. ^ Marie-Theres Egyed: Meinl-Reisinger elected the new Neos boss with 94.8 percent. In: derStandard.at . June 23, 2018, accessed June 23, 2018 .
  17. ↑ Walter Hämmerle, Brigitte Pechar: Beginning of a journey with small luggage. In: Wiener Zeitung . September 26, 2018, accessed September 26, 2018 .
  18. ↑ orf.at: Matthias Strolz from NEOS into Flex . Article dated October 14, 2018, accessed October 14, 2018.
  19. ↑ The FM4 charts of 20 October - fm4.ORF.at . In: fm4.ORF.at . October 20, 2018 ( orf.at [accessed October 22, 2018]).
  20. ↑ Ida Metzger: Strolz: "Wanted to exchange the silver coin reserves". In: Courier. September 15, 2013, archived from the original on October 21, 2014 ; accessed on June 1, 2017 .
personal data
SURNAME Strolz, Matthias
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian politician (Neos), member of the National Council
DATE OF BIRTH June 10, 1973
PLACE OF BIRTH Bludenz