SPÖ Carinthia
| SPÖ Carinthia | |
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| State party leader | Peter Kaiser |
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| Club chairman | Herwig Seiser |
| Country manager | Andreas Sucher |
| Place of foundation | Carinthia |
| Headquarters | Lidmanskygasse 15 9020 Klagenfurt am Wörthersee |
| Seats in state parliaments |
18/36 ( LTW 2018 / MPs ) |
| Alignment | Social democracy |
| Website | www.kaernten.spoe.at/ |
The SPÖ Kärnten is the national organization of the Social Democratic Party of Austria in the Austrian state of Carinthia . The party has its headquarters in Klagenfurt's Lidmanskygasse .
Since the state elections in 2018 , the Carinthian SPÖ has had 18 seats in the Carinthian state parliament and governs there as a "major partner" in a coalition with the ÖVP in the state government of Kaiser II . In addition, the state party sends 3 members to the Austrian Federal Council , Ingo Appé , Günther Novak and Gerhard Leitner .
For the Carinthian SPÖ, there have been 3 MPs in the Austrian National Council since the 2019 National Council election , Philip Kucher , Petra Oberrauner and Klaus Köchl .
The current governor of Carinthia, Peter Kaiser , has been the provincial chairman since March 2010 .
history
First republic
| Election year | percent | +/- | space |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1921 | 42.74% | First | |
| 1923 | 36.24% | -6.50% | Second |
| 1927 | 36.76 | + 0.43% | Second |
| 1930 | 38.74% | + 2.07% | First |
After 1945
“Right from the start, the SPÖ had shown great courtesy towards the National Socialists. As early as 1945, for example, a double type of membership was introduced, one exercising and one supporting, in order to be able to integrate former Nazi members who were classified as unencumbered. Since the Carinthian ÖVP showed no concession here, the SPÖ won potential ÖVP supporters. "
In the first elections in Carinthia after the Second World War on November 25, 1945 , the newly founded SPÖ was able to achieve a relative majority with 48.8% and almost 10 percentage points ahead of the second-placed ÖVP .
“The 1948 program includes topics of reconstruction. The work program of 1953 refers to the development achievements and focuses on the demand “Carinthia, as the poorest federal state, should be lifted out of its poverty”. Specific goals included full employment through increased public investment, increasing purchasing power to stimulate the economy, promoting social housing and education, as well as better power supply in mountain villages and improved transport infrastructure to them in order to secure agriculture threatened by rural exodus .
A clear focus did not emerge until the 1956 program. The primary goal was to improve the economic conditions in Carinthia so that the other areas could then be tackled successfully. With this catch-up program and the associated 300 million schilling budget (budget), an investment of one billion schillings could be achieved. The social gap in Carinthia should also be alleviated through the economic advantages. This was particularly necessary in southern Carinthia. It was economically disadvantaged as a result of the political uncertainty in the first post-war decade.
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It was primarily the work of Ferdinand Wedenig (1945-1965) that the party assumed a leading position. Wedenig was a member of the labor movement even before the First World War. Sentenced to prison by the corporate state and persecuted illegally as a member of the Revolutionary Socialists, he was interned after July 20, 1944 like many other party comrades in the Dachau concentration camp. Immediately after his return in early 1945, Wedenig was appointed to the regional council of the provisional state government and to the state party secretary of the SPÖ, which was already active as a party. When he was elected country steward on October 20, 1945, the party already had 12,000 members. District organizations and numerous local organizations were already in place. Within just five months of the end of the war, the party grew very strong despite difficult conditions. For example, there was still a ban on holding meetings and founding organizations. The public transport infrastructure and communications were also not yet intact. Wedenig was a good organizer. He had set up party representatives in all political districts and thus created the conditions for the establishment of many local organizations. "
According to the SPÖ, 71% of the citizens of Carinthia currently live in a community with a SPÖ mayor.
The SPÖ has so far provided 6 governors in Carinthia:
- Hans Piesch ( May – June 1945 , June – July 1945 , July – December 1945 , December 1945–1947 )
- Ferdinand Wedenig ( 1947 , 1949–1953 , 1953–1956 , 1956–1960 , 1960–1965 )
- Hans Sima ( 1965–1970 , 1970–1974 )
- Leopold Wagner ( 1974–1975 , 1975–1979 , 1979–1984 , 1984–1988 )
- Peter Ambrozy ( 1988-1989 )
- Peter Kaiser ( 2013–2018 and since 2018 )
| Election year | percent | +/- | space |
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| 1945 | 48.83% | First | |
| 1949 | 40.75% | -8.08% | First |
| 1953 | 48.20% | + 7.45% | First |
| 1956 | 48.11% | -0.09% | First |
| 1960 | 48.51% | + 0.40% | First |
| 1965 | 49.29% | + 0.78% | First |
| 1970 | 53.10% | + 3.81% | First |
| 1975 | 51.42% | -1.68% | First |
| 1979 | 53.95% | + 2.53% | First |
| 1984 | 51.64% | -2.30% | First |
| 1989 | 45.95% | -5.70% | First |
| 1994 | 37.37% | -8.58% | First |
| 1999 | 32.86% | -4.51% | Second |
| 2004 | 38.43% | + 5.57% | Second |
| 2009 | 28.74% | -9.69% | Second |
| 2013 | 37.13% | + 8.75% | First |
| 2018 | 47.94% | + 10.81% | First |
Sub-organizations
The Carinthian SPÖ, like the Federal SPÖ, maintains sub-organizations. Membership in one of the sub-organizations of the SPÖ Carinthia usually also entails membership in the state and also in the federal party. There are four regional organizations of the SPÖ sub-organizations in Carinthia:
SPÖ women Carinthia
The founding of the SPÖ Women as a federal organization took place on September 5, 1945. Ana Blatnik, member of the regional parliament, has been the chairman of the Carinthian regional organization since January 2009 .
Association of Community Representatives (GVV) Carinthia
The Association of Local Representatives (GVV) represents the concerns of 132 Carinthian communities vis-à-vis the other regional authorities. The chairman of the GVV Carinthia is currently the mayor of Frantschach-Sankt Gertraud , Günther Vallant.
SJG Carinthia
The federal organization, the Socialist Youth of Austria (SJ) was founded in an inn in Vienna-Margareten in November 1894. The Socialist Young Generation (SJG) is a subgroup of the Socialist Youth (SJ) , which was brought together in 1991 through an organizational realignment in which the Carinthian SJ and the second social democratic youth organization, the Young Generation (JG) , were brought together in an independent association, the Socialists Young generation Carinthia - SJG. State chairman of the SJG Kärnten is currently the state parliament member Luca Burgstaller .
BSA cards
The Association of Social Democratic Academics, Intellectuals, and Artists was founded in 1946 as the Association of Socialist Academics. Markus Krainz has been the country chairman since 2014.
literature
- Karl Anderwald, Peter Filzmeier: Carinthian yearbook for politics . Ed .: Karl Hren. Hermagorasverlag, Klagenfurt.
Web links
- Party history in Carinthia from World War II to the present day on the political education platform of the Carinthian Parliament
- Website of the SPÖ Women Carinthia
- Website of the GVV Carinthia
- Website of the SJG Carinthia
- Website of the BSA Carinthia
Individual evidence
- ↑ national organization. Retrieved April 11, 2020 .
- ↑ State Parliament Club . Retrieved April 11, 2020 .
- ↑ national organization. Retrieved April 11, 2020 .
- ^ SPÖ Carinthia from Klagenfurt. Retrieved April 11, 2020 .
- ↑ Imprint. Retrieved April 11, 2020 .
- ↑ a b National Council and Federal Council. Retrieved April 11, 2020 .
- ↑ Peter Kaiser. Retrieved April 11, 2020 .
- ↑ Dr. Peter Kaiser, biography. Retrieved April 11, 2020 .
- ↑ Brief political history - Platform for political education. Accessed April 11, 2020 (German).
- ^ Parties in Carinthia from World War II to today - Platform for Political Education. Accessed April 10, 2020 (German).
- ↑ Brief political history - Platform for political education. Accessed April 11, 2020 (German).
- ^ Parties in Carinthia from World War II to today - Platform for Political Education. Accessed April 11, 2020 (German).
- ^ GVV - Association of Community Representatives in Carinthia. Accessed April 11, 2020 (German).
- ^ History of the SPÖ women. In: History of Austrian Social Democracy. Red Moved, accessed April 11, 2020 .
- ^ SPÖ women in Carinthia ›SPÖ federal women. Accessed April 11, 2020 (German).
- ↑ Current party development from 1999 to 2015 - Platform for Political Education. Accessed April 13, 2020 (German).
- ^ GVV - Association of Community Representatives in Carinthia. Accessed April 11, 2020 (German).
- ^ Bgm. Günther Vallant. In: GVV - Association of Community Representatives in Carinthia. October 7, 2019, accessed on April 11, 2020 (German).
- ^ History. In: SJG Kärnten. Retrieved April 11, 2020 (American English).
- ↑ team. In: SJG Kärnten. Retrieved April 11, 2020 (American English).
- ^ BSA Carinthia. Retrieved April 11, 2020 .
- ^ Markus Krainz. In: Association of Social Democratic Academics. Retrieved April 11, 2020 .