Wolfgang Kasic

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Wolfgang Kasic (born December 6, 1959 ) is an Austrian politician ( ÖVP ) and media entrepreneur. Kasic is Vice Mayor of Frohnleiten and was a member of the Styrian state parliament from 2000 until his resignation in August 2011 . Kasic is president of the ARACA (Austrian-Russian-Asian Culture Association).

education and profession

From 1966, Kasic attended the primary school in Bruck an der Mur and in 1978 switched to the Graz grammar school . He then studied business administration with a focus on marketing and organization and in 1984 passed the license examination for "advertising consultants and advertising agents". Kasic went into business for himself in 1984 and is the owner of the advertising agency "WOKA Management & Kommunikation" and publisher of a regional newspaper.

politics

Kasic began his political career in 1979 as chairman of the Young People's Party Frohnleiten and was also elected district chairman of the Young ÖVP in the Graz area . In 1993 he took over the executive chairmanship of the Frohnleiten Tourist Association and that year also became Deputy Chairman of the Graz Tourist Region. From 1995 onwards, Kasic worked as a specialist group chairman for leisure and sports companies in the Styrian Chamber of Commerce and in 2005 became the deputy chairman of the professional association in the Austrian Chamber of Commerce. In addition, Kasic has been Vice Mayor of Frohnleiten since 1996 and has represented the ÖVP since 2000 as a member of the Styrian Landtag, where he was the economic spokesman for the ÖVP Landtag Club. According to his own statements, his political priorities were in the areas of local politics as well as economic and financial policy.

At the beginning of 2011 criticism was voiced that he financed a free newspaper published by him through advertisements for the gaming industry, but was also the WK division chairman responsible for gaming and chairman of the gaming committee in the state parliament. The accusation was that he was mixing business interests, his function as a Chamber of Commerce and his political activities in an unacceptable manner. In August 2011, as a result of this criticism, he resigned both his political office and his function in the Chamber of Commerce.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ ARACA association website: About ARACA , accessed on July 24, 2018
  2. ↑ ORF -Steiermark: Lobbying: Opposition for Kasic cancellation 15 April, 2011.
  3. ↑ ORF -Steiermark: Kasic has gambling allegations , 13. May 2011
  4. ↑ Der Standard : VP member of state parliament resigns after lobbying affair , August 10, 2011
personal data
SURNAME Kasic, Wolfgang
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian state politician (ÖVP), member of the state parliament
DATE OF BIRTH December 6, 1959