Nikolaus Lanner
Nikolaus Lanner (born September 2, 1932 in Liesing , Carinthia ) is a former Austrian politician ( ÖVP ).
Life
After attending primary school , Nikolaus Lanner attended the Bundesrealgymnasium in Klagenfurt am Wörthersee , where he graduated from high school in 1960 . He then studied, and did not take the teaching examination until 1969 .
Within his party, the ÖVP, Lanner belonged to the Bauernbund , where he began his career in 1960 as an employee . In 1969 he was elected head of the Carinthian regional organization. Five years earlier, in 1965, he became local party chairman of the ÖVP in Maria Wörth . In 1980 he was elected district chairman of the Klagenfurt-Land district .
In 1970 Lanner was elected mayor of Maria Wörth, an office which he held for 27 years until 1997.
In March 1982 he was sworn in as a member of the Federal Council in Vienna . He was a member of the regional chamber for one year, until March 1983. In July of the same year, he entered the Carinthian state parliament as a VP deputy . At the same time he was elected club chairman (parliamentary group leader) of his party. Lanner was a member of the state parliament for eleven years, until April 1994.
Awards
- 1996: Great Silver Decoration of Honor for Services to the Republic of Austria
- 2007: Carinthian State Order in Silver
Web links
- Nikolaus Lanner on the website of the Austrian Parliament
Individual evidence
- ↑ List of all decorations awarded by the Federal President for services to the Republic of Austria from 1952 (PDF; 6.6 MB)
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| SURNAME | Lanner, Nicholas |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian politician (ÖVP), member of the state parliament, member of the Federal Council |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 2, 1932 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Liesing , Carinthia |