Pensioners Association of Austria

Logo of the PVÖ

Werner Faymann at an election campaign event of the PVÖ (2008)

The Pensioners' Association Austria (PVÖ) is an organization closely related to the social democratic party of Austria to represent the interests of senior citizens in Austria .

history

The Pensioners' Association was founded on September 17, 1949 in Ottakring as an association of workers, accident and agricultural workers pensioners and community welfare workers in Austria . In 1975 the name was changed to the Pensioners' Association of Austria .

structure

The structure of the association consists of the association headquarters in Vienna , the 9 regional organizations and 110 district organizations. According to its own information, the PVÖ has 1,742 local groups with 386,000 members.

Chairperson

September 17, 1949 to February 10, 1956: August Kaderavek
February 10, 1956 to September 21, 1962: Rudolf Schmid
September 21, 1962 to April 30, 1968: Franz Vlasak
April 30, 1968 to July 23, 1973: Bruno Rother
May 15, 1966 to February 28, 1980: Robert Uhlir
February 28, 1980 to October 6, 1980: Felix Slavik
October 6, 1980 to February 16, 1983: Franz Seitler
February 16, 1983 to April 3, 1991: Otto Rösch
April 3, 1991 to March 17, 1999: Rudolf Pöder
March 17, 1999 to April 16, 2018: Karl Blecha
since April 16, 2018: Peter Kostelka

Web links

Commons : Pensioners' Association Austria - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Website of the Pensioners' Association of Austria
Pensioners Association of Austria. In: dasrotewien.at - Web dictionary of the Viennese social democracy. SPÖ Vienna (Ed.)

Individual evidence

^ Pensioners' Association of Austria (2019), organization . Retrieved October 11, 2019.
↑ ^a ^b PVÖ - The chairmen . Retrieved May 3, 2017.
^ ^A ^b Pensioners' Association: Kostelka designated as Blecha successor . OTS announcement of January 31, 2018, accessed on January 31, 2018.
↑ orf.at: SPÖ retirees: Chairman Blecha says goodbye . Article dated April 16, 2018, accessed April 16, 2018.

[1] Pensioners' Association of Austria (2019), organization . Retrieved October 11, 2019.

[vorsitzende-2] PVÖ - The chairmen . Retrieved May 3, 2017.

[OTS_20180131_OTS0137-3] A ^b Pensioners' Association: Kostelka designated as Blecha successor . OTS announcement of January 31, 2018, accessed on January 31, 2018.

[4] orf.at: SPÖ retirees: Chairman Blecha says goodbye . Article dated April 16, 2018, accessed April 16, 2018.