Sonja Ablinger

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Sonja Ablinger (born May 12, 1966 in Wels , Upper Austria ) is an Austrian politician (non-party, formerly SPÖ ) and was a member of the Austrian National Council .

education and profession

After completing elementary and secondary school, Sonja Ablinger attended the BORG Linz from 1980 , which she graduated with the Matura in 1984 . Between 1984 and 1986 she studied sociology at the Johannes Kepler University Linz and then switched to the Pedagogical Academy Linz , where she passed the teaching examination for English and history in 1989.

Ablinger was employed by the Austrian Information Service for Development Policy between 1989 and 1990 and then began working at various secondary schools in Upper Austria and Vienna. From 1990 to 1991 she worked at the secondary school Garsten / Steyr as well as in Vienna, taught from 1995 to 2000 at secondary school 1 in Enns and has been working at secondary school 2 in Ansfelden , district Haid, since 2000 . From 1991 to 1992 she was also the federal secretary of the Socialist Youth of Austria.

politics

Sonja Ablinger started her political career in the Socialist Youth Linz, where she was a member of the district board from 1985 to 1991. Between 1992 and 2000 she held the position of chairman of the Young SPÖ Linz. Ablinger was a member of the district executive committee of the SPÖ Linz from 1992 to 2004 and has been a member of the state women's executive committee of the SPÖ Upper Austria since 1992. In 2005 she was elected chairwoman of the regional women, and since 1998 she has also been chairwoman of the intervention center against violence in the Upper Austria family (violence protection center).

Ablinger represented the SPÖ between January 15, 1996 and October 28, 1999 in the National Council and held this function again from January 16, 2007 to October 28, 2013. From autumn 2009 until she left the National Council, she was cultural spokesperson for the social democratic parliamentary club.

In the legislative period up to 2013 she was a member of the following committees: Subcommittee of the Education Committee, Committee for Human Rights, Equal Treatment Committee, Culture Committee, Education Committee, Ombudsman Committee

After the incumbent President of the National Council, Barbara Prammer, passed away in the summer of 2014, controversies arose within the party when filling the mandate because, according to the state list, it was not a woman, but trade unionist Walter Schopf who came into play. With reference to the quota regulation laid down in the party statute, the SPÖ women demanded a woman as a successor in the National Council, but could not prevail. On September 18, 2014 Ablinger finally announced her resignation as regional woman chairwoman of the Upper Austrian SPÖ at the end of the year.

On June 8, 2015, Sonja Ablinger announced that she was leaving the SPÖ . The reason she cited was a coalition between the SPÖ and FPÖ in the provincial government of Burgenland , which in her opinion was unsustainable for a social democratic party. Previously, the FPÖ demonstrated in front of the Erdberg asylum seekers' accommodation in Vienna against refugees who had just arrived. In an interview with the daily Kurier, she said the following about her departure: The proud party of the disenfranchised has become a party that is not shy about forming a coalition with the right.

Private

Sonja Ablinger is married to Bernd Dobesberger and has one son (* 1993).

Web links

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  1. ↑ § 16 " Quota Regulation " in the SPÖ Organizational Statute (2012 version) ( Memento from November 3, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) on spoe.at, accessed on September 23, 2014
  2. ↑ SPÖ woman boss Ablinger resigns on ooe.orf.at, accessed on September 18, 2014
  3. ↑ Why I am resigning from my position as regional women chairwoman ... on Sonja Ablinger's website, accessed on September 18, 2014
  4. ↑ sonja-ablinger.at, accessed on June 9, 2015
  5. ↑ kurier.at: For me a limit has been reached , accessed on June 8, 2015
personal data
SURNAME Ablinger, Sonja
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian politician (SPÖ), member of the National Council
DATE OF BIRTH May 12, 1966
PLACE OF BIRTH Wels (city) , Upper Austria