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Markus Wallner
Markus Wallner (born 20 July 1967) is an Austrian politician (ÖVP). Since 2011, he has been the governor of Vorarlberg. Life and work Markus Wallner was born on 20 July 1967, the son of Herwig and Theresia Wallner in the district capital of Bludenz. He graduated from his gymnasium in 1985. After graduation he began to study political science and history at the University of Innsbruck, where he was the chairman of the Student Union. In the Association of Industrialists Vorarlberg, he was then in charge of public relations in 1993. On 18 August 1995, he married his wife Sonja, and has three children. Political Beginnings In 1994, Wallner was first went into politics in contact when he formally became a member of the Austrian People's Party and was employed in the provincial office of the Vorarlberg People's Party in Bregenz. On 19 April 1995 he also had his first political office as a member of the municipal council of his home town of Frastanz. In April 1997, he became the per ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Governors Of Vorarlberg ...
This is a list of governors of Vorarlberg, a state in Austria. List of officeholders {{DEFAULTSORT:List Of Governors Of Vorarlberg *List Vorarlberg Vorarlberg ( , ; gsw, label=Vorarlbergisch, Vorarlbearg, , or ) is the westernmost States of Austria, state () of Austria. It has the second-smallest geographical area after Vienna and, although it also has the second-smallest population, it is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hans-Peter Bischof
Hans-Peter Bischof (born 21 January 1947, Götzis, Austria) is an Austrian medical doctor and former politician in the federal state of Vorarlberg for the Austrian People's Party (ÖVP). From 1997 to 1999, and from 2004 to 2006, he was the governor of Vorarlberg Federal State Department. Education and profession Bischof was born on 21 January 1947, the son of the municipal physician of Götzis, Leopold Bischof and his wife Herta in Götzis. Hans-Peter Bischof attended volksschule in Götzis and Gymnasium in Feldkirch before he moved to the Collegium Bernardi, a Catholic private gymnasium in the Territorial Abbey of Wettingen-Mehrerau near Bregenz, where he maturated in 1966. After completing compulsory military service in the Austrian Armed Forces in the Sanitätsstruppenschule at Vienna, he began his medical studies at the University of Innsbruck in 1967, where he graduated in 1975 with a doctorate in human medicine. On 22 December 1975, Bischof married pediatrician Brigitte D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Austrian People's Party Politicians
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People From Bludenz
A person ( : people) is a being that has certain capacities or attributes such as reason, morality, consciousness or self-consciousness, and being a part of a culturally established form of social relations such as kinship, ownership of property, or legal responsibility. The defining features of personhood and, consequently, what makes a person count as a person, differ widely among cultures and contexts. In addition to the question of personhood, of what makes a being count as a person to begin with, there are further questions about personal identity and self: both about what makes any particular person that particular person instead of another, and about what makes a person at one time the same person as they were or will be at another time despite any intervening changes. The plural form "people" is often used to refer to an entire nation or ethnic group (as in "a people"), and this was the original meaning of the word; it subsequently acquired its use as a plural form of per ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1967 Births
Events January * January 1 – Canada begins a year-long celebration of the 100th anniversary of Confederation, featuring the Expo 67 World's Fair. * January 5 ** Spain and Romania sign an agreement in Paris, establishing full consular and commercial relations (not diplomatic ones). ** Charlie Chaplin launches his last film, ''A Countess from Hong Kong'', in the UK. * January 6 – Vietnam War: United States Marine Corps, USMC and Army of the Republic of Vietnam, ARVN troops launch ''Operation Deckhouse Five'' in the Mekong Delta. * January 8 – Vietnam War: Operation Cedar Falls starts. * January 13 – A military coup occurs in Togo under the leadership of Étienne Eyadema. * January 14 – The Human Be-In takes place in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco; the event sets the stage for the Summer of Love. * January 15 ** Louis Leakey announces the discovery of pre-human fossils in Kenya; he names the species ''Proconsul nyanzae, Kenyapithecus africanus''. ** American footbal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Order Of Merit Of The Principality Of Liechtenstein
The Order of Merit of the Principality of Liechtenstein (german: Fürstlich liechtensteinischer Verdienstorden) is an order of merit of the Principality of Liechtenstein that is awarded for services rendered to the principality. Prince Franz I founded the Order of Merit of the Principality of Liechtenstein on 22 July 1937 (on the anniversary of his marriage). Grades of the Order There order is presented in six grades of two ranks of Knight and Dame, depending on the criteria of the recipient. * Grand Cross, Special Class. (Grand star in Gold with Diamonds) * Grand Cross, 1st Class. (Ordinary star in Gold with Diamonds) * Grand Cross. (Ordinary Star) * Grand Officer (Necklet or Bow with Ordinary star) * Commander (Necklet or Bow) * Officer (Medal with Gold Cross) * Knight (Medal with Silver Cross) * Medal (Medal with Bronze Cross) Recipients Recipients have included: * Hans-Adam II, Prince of Liechtenstein - Grand Star * Alois, Hereditary Prince of Liechtenstein - Grand Star * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karlheinz Rüdisser
Karlheinz Rüdisser (born 25 February 1955, Bregenz, Austria) is an Austrian politician for the Austrian People's Party (ÖVP), who, since December 2011, is the state administrator of Vorarlberg. He is married and lives with his wife and a daughter and two sons in Lauterach. Education After secondary school, Rüdisser studied at the commercial academy at Bregenz, where he graduated in 1974, and he studied international business at the Vienna University of Economics. He graduated with a master's degree in 1980. In the same year, he joined the Vorarlberg Provincial Administration and worked in the Economic Department of Vorarlberg, which he chaired from 1986 to 2008. From 1980 to 1985, he part-time taught Business Administration at the Kloster Marienberg in Bregenz. Since 1975, he has been a member of the Catholic Fraternity K.Ö.HV Mercuria Vienna in ÖCV. Political career Rüdisser was first a municipal representative from 1990 and from 1992 onwards in the municipality of La ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vorarlberg Online
Vorarlberg ( , ; gsw, label= Vorarlbergisch, Vorarlbearg, , or ) is the westernmost state () of Austria. It has the second-smallest geographical area after Vienna and, although it also has the second-smallest population, it is the state with the second-highest population density (also after Vienna). It borders three countries: Germany (Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg via Lake Constance), Switzerland (Grisons and St. Gallen), and Liechtenstein. The only Austrian state that shares a border with Vorarlberg is Tyrol, to the east. The capital of Vorarlberg is Bregenz (29,698 inhabitants), although Dornbirn (49,845 inhabitants) and Feldkirch (34,192 inhabitants) have larger populations. Vorarlberg is also the only state in Austria in which the local dialect is not Austro-Bavarian, but rather an Alemannic dialect; it therefore has much more in common culturally with (historically) Alemannic-speaking German-speaking Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Baden-Württemberg, Bavarian Swabia, and Als ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrea Kaufmann
Andrea Kaufmann (née Blenk; born 19 March 1969, in Dornbirn, Austria) is an Austrian politician for the Austrian People's Party (ÖVP) from Vorarlberg. She was, from 2009 to 2013, a regional member of the Vorarlberg state government and is currently mayor of Dornbirn. Kaufmann is the daughter of national councilman Wolfgang Blenk. Andrea Kaufmann is married and lives with her husband and two daughters and two sons in Dornbirn. Education Kaufmann attended the Higher Commercial School in Rankweil, where she graduated. She then began, in 1988, to study international business at the Vienna University of Economics and in 1989 a study of economics at the University of Konstanz. From 2000 to 2002, Kaufmann also attended university courses for Civic Education in Schloss Hofen. Currently, she is an economist with a diploma working on her doctoral studies in political science at the University of Innsbruck. Kaufmann was professionally employed from 1994 to 1998 at the Raiffeisenbank ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greti Schmid
Greti Schmid (née Pohlin; born 24 May 1954) is a former Austrian politician for the Austrian People's Party (ÖVP). Schmid was, from 2000 to 2014, part of the provincial Council in the federal state government of Vorarlberg. Education Schmid was born at Bruneck in the South Tyrol in Italy. After graduating from the Department of Commercial Law in Bolzano, Italy, she studied biology at the University of Innsbruck in Austria in 1979. By 1984, she was also an Italian language interpreter. From 1986 to 1988, she worked in the private sector in Bregenz, and, from 1989 to 2000, as an assistant to the hospital management in the Feldkirch country hospital in Feldkirch. Political career Schmid began her political activity in Göfis. From 1995 to 2000, she was the local representative of the "Offene Dorfliste" and chairman of the Social Committee. In 1999 and 2000, she was a member of the Landtag for the ÖVP in the Vorarlberg Landtag, and as such she also part of the environmental com ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Herbert Sausgruber
Herbert Sausgruber (born July 24, 1946 in Bregenz) was governor of the Austrian state of Vorarlberg and chairman of the Vorarlberg ÖVP. Education After the ''Matura'' (general qualification for university entrance), Sausgruber he studied law and Catholic theology at the University of Innsbruck and become a member of the fraternity “''AKV Tirolia''”. He graduated in 1970 in jurisprudence. As public servant After a year working in a court he was admitted to the public service. First he served as the chief of the youth welfare office in the counties of Bludenz, Feldkirch and Bregenz. After 1975 he worked in the office of the government of Vorarlberg. As politician From 1975 on, he was vestryman in Höchst, from 1978 on chief of the parish council. In 1979 he became a member of the Vorarlberg Landtag A Landtag (State Diet) is generally the legislative assembly or parliament of a federated state or other subnational self-governing entity in German-speaking nations. I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frastanz
Frastanz is a market town in the district of Feldkirch in the westernmost Austrian state of Vorarlberg. In former times it was known for its production of tobacco. Geography Frastanz is located 510 meters above sea level. It is 32.25 km2 in area. 61.2% of the area are wooded. History In ancient times, Frastanz was situated on a Roman Road. It was also the site of the Battle of Frastanz in 1499. Population Politics The local council consists of 27 members, with representatives of five political parties: The Austrian People's Party, the Green Party, the Freedom Party of Austria, the Social Democratic Party of Austria The Social Democratic Party of Austria (german: Sozialdemokratische Partei Österreichs , SPÖ), founded and known as the Social Democratic Workers' Party of Austria (german: link=no, Sozialdemokratische Arbeiterpartei Österreichs, SDAPÖ) unti ..., and the Free Citizens' List. The current mayor is Walter Gohm. References External links Official Websi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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