Rudolf Eder (politician)

Rudolf Eder (born January 23, 1934 in Lofer ) is a former Austrian politician ( ÖVP ), carpenter and farmer. From 1984 to 1994 he was a member of the Salzburg state parliament and from 1974 to 1998 mayor of the municipality of Lofer.

education and profession

Eder attended elementary school in his home town of Lofer between 1940 and 1948 and learned to be a carpenter between 1948 and 1957. He successfully passed the journeyman's examination, but changed profession in the mid-1950s. In 1957 he attended the agricultural school in St. Wolfgang in the Salzkammergut ( Upper Austria ) and then took over his parents' farm in 1964. Eder was then self-employed as a farmer. In 1995 Eder was awarded the professional title of "Economics Council".

Politics and functions

Eder became a member of the Austrian People's Party in Salzburg and also a member of the Austrian Farmers' Union . He worked within the party from 1971 to 1986 as local party chairman of the ÖVP Lofer and was also active as the farmers' union chairman of Lofer between 1967 and 1971. In the Salzburg Farmers 'Union he also held the position of district chairman of the Salzburg Farmers' Union in Pinzgau from 1988, which he held until 1996. In addition to his internal party functions, Eder devoted himself primarily to local politics. In 1969 he was elected a member of the municipal council and council, to which he belonged until 1974. In 1974 he was promoted to mayor of his place of birth and directed the fortunes of Lofer as mayor until 1998. He reached his highest political office with his election as member of the Salzburg state parliament, as which he was sworn in on May 16, 1984. He was a member of the state parliament until May 1, 1994.

Eder was a board member of the Saalachtal regional association from 1984 to 1998 and vice-president of the Salzburg municipal association from 1979 to 1998. He was also a member of the Salzburg Chamber of Agriculture from 1987 to 1989, and from 1993 to 1997 he was district chairman of the Salzburg Brass Band Association. In 1999 he was awarded the Gold Medal of Merit of the State of Salzburg, and he was also made an honorary citizen of Lofer. He is also the holder of numerous other federal and state awards.

literature

• Richard Voithofer: Political Elites in Salzburg. A biographical handbook from 1918 to the present (= series of publications by the Research Institute for Political and Historical Studies of the Dr. Wilfried Haslauer Library, Salzburg. Vol. 32). Böhlau, Vienna et al. 2007, ISBN 978-3-205-77680-2 .