Wolfgang Spitzmüller

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Wolfgang Spitzmüller (born June 16, 1969 in Vienna ) is an Austrian politician of the Greens and internet consultant. He has been a member of the Burgenland State Parliament since 2014 .

politics

Spitzmüller came to politics and thus to the Greens through his wife, who made the first contacts.

In Oberschützen he has been back on the local council since 2012 after taking a break during a term of office. There he holds the function of the environmental council . Originally, he wanted to run for the Greens in Oberwart , where he has a secondary residence, in the 2012 municipal council elections. However, the municipal electoral authority, headed by Mayor Gerhard Pongracz , unanimously deprived the Green top candidate Spitzmüller the right to vote because he has neither a regular place of residence in the municipality and the focus of economic, professional, family or social living conditions is not given.

Spitzmüller has been spokesman for the Greens in the Oberwart district for many years . Since autumn 2013 he has been a board member of the Greens in Burgenland.

Since January 30, 2014 he has been a member of the Greens in the Burgenland state parliament. There he is active in the main committee and in the committee for European integration and cross-border cooperation as well as in the state control committee (there as deputy chairman). In his very first meeting he gave the first request to speak on the “Report on the economic and social situation of agriculture and forestry in Burgenland 2012”.

Spitzmüller is also campaigning for the maintenance of the Friedberg – Oberwart railway line . He emphasizes that it is "to the detriment of the economy" that there is no longer any freight traffic south of Oberwart. In 2014, around 76,000 tons of goods were transported on the route. He demands that the state of Burgenland and the federal government provide financial security for the Friedberg –Oberwart– Großpetersdorf railway .

In the national assembly of the Greens on 21 February 2015 in Oberschützen not Spitzmüller first for which was state elections in Burgenland in 2015 elected, but the country's speaker of the Greens Regina Petrik . Spitzmüller had to make do with second place. The Greens, who previously held a mandate in the state parliament, were able to win an additional mandate in the 2015 state elections in Burgenland. At the constituted session of the Burgenland Landtag on July 9, Spitzmüller was sworn in as a member of the Landtag for a further four years.

education and profession

After attending elementary school and the integrated comprehensive school , Spitzmüller attended two classes at the commercial school . Then he learned the trade of retail salesman .

He was three years livestock officer for the SPCA Four Paws worked before he after 1996 Willersdorf , a town in the municipality Oberschützen, moved. There he initially worked as an organic farmer and used his products in direct marketing . In addition, he was responsible for public relations in the Oberwart Open House .

Spitzmüller is currently working as an employee in the Internet area.

Private

Spitzmüller is married. The convinced vegetarian and enthusiastic barefoot walker and runner is the father of two children.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f g Green Burgenland: Wolfgang Spitzmüller (accessed on February 28, 2015)
  2. ↑ Municipality of Oberschützen: Municipal Council (accessed on February 28, 2015)
  3. ↑ Courier of August 16, 2012: Oberwart: Grüner is not allowed to run for office (accessed on February 28, 2015)
  4. ^ Burgenland State Parliament: Wolfgang Spitzmüller (accessed on February 28, 2015)
  5. ^ Burgenland Landtag: 46th session of the XX. Legislative period of the Burgenland Parliament (p. 5532ff) (pdf documents, 1.12 MB; accessed on February 28, 2015)
  6. ↑ Kleine Zeitung of January 31, 2015: Greens want financial security for railways (accessed on February 28, 2015)
  7. ^ Result of the 2015 state elections in Burgenland: State elections in Burgenland 2015 (accessed on July 20, 2015)
personal data
SURNAME Spitzmüller, Wolfgang
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian politician (Greens), member of the Burgenland Landtag
DATE OF BIRTH June 16, 1969
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna