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The Independents (Austria)
The Independents – Lugner's List (german: Die Unabhängigen – Liste Lugner, DU) was a minor political party in Austria, founded by the businessman Richard Lugner to contest the 1998 presidential election, where he received 9.9% of the vote. In the 1999 parliamentary election, the Independents received only 1.02%. In 2016, Lugner participated as an independent in the presidential election A presidential election is the election of any head of state whose official title is President. Elections by country Albania The president of Albania is elected by the Assembly of Albania who are elected by the Albanian public. Chile The pre .... Defunct political parties in Austria Political parties established in 1998 {{austria-party-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Austrian Political Parties
This article lists political parties in Austria. Austria has a multi-party system. Of the over 1,100 registered political parties, only few are known to the larger public. Since the 1980s, four parties have consistently received enough votes to get seats in the national parliament. The parties Parties represented in Parliament or the European Parliament There are five parties represented in the National Council of Austria, National Council. Three of the parties in the National Council are also represented in the Federal Council of Austria, Federal Council. Four of the five parties in the National Council are represented in the European Parliament. Parties represented in state parliaments * Citizens' Forum Austria (, FRITZ) * Communist Party of Austria (, KPÖ) * MFG – Austria People – Freedom – Fundamental Rights (, MFG) * Team Carinthia (, TK) Minor parties * Team HC Strache – Alliance for Austria (, HC) * Alliance for the Future of Austria (, BZÖ) * Black-Yellow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Austria
Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine states, one of which is the capital, Vienna, the most populous city and state. A landlocked country, Austria is bordered by Germany to the northwest, the Czech Republic to the north, Slovakia to the northeast, Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the west. The country occupies an area of and has a population of 9 million. Austria emerged from the remnants of the Eastern and Hungarian March at the end of the first millennium. Originally a margraviate of Bavaria, it developed into a duchy of the Holy Roman Empire in 1156 and was later made an archduchy in 1453. In the 16th century, Vienna began serving as the empire's administrative capital and Austria thus became the heartland of the Habsburg monarchy. After the dissolution of the H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Lugner
Richard "Mörtel" Lugner (born 11 October 1932) is an Austrian entrepreneur in the construction industry, a Viennese society figure, and a former political candidate not affiliated with any of the Austrian political parties. Early life and family Richard Lugner is the son of the lawyer Richard Lugner senior, who went missing in 1943 after becoming a prisoner of war in Russia during WWII. Business career Born in Vienna, Lugner got a licence to work as a building contractor (''Baumeisterkonzession'') in 1962 and at first specialized in the erection of filling stations and the renovation of old buildings. His company started to prosper, and he eventually became known to a wider public with the completion, in 1979, of Vienna's first mosque, situated on the banks of the river Danube. In 1990, he opened his own shopping mall, ''Lugner City'', in a working class district of Vienna and, from the start, aggressively advertised his business by regularly inviting celebrities—starti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1998 Austrian Presidential Election
Presidential elections were held in Austria on 19 April 1998. IFES The result was a victory for the incumbent, President , who sought re-election as an independent candidate. The Austrian People's Party, who had originally put him up in 1992, reluctantly supported him again, while the |
1999 Austrian Legislative Election
Parliamentary elections were held in Austria on 3 October 1999. Although the Social Democratic Party remained the largest party in the National Council, a right-wing coalition government was formed by the Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ) and the Austrian People's Party (ÖVP) after several months of negotiations. Although the FPÖ had finished a fraction of a point ahead of the ÖVP in the popular vote, ÖVP leader Wolfgang Schüssel became Chancellor rather than controversial FPÖ leader Jörg Haider. Haider, who had also been elected Landeshauptmann of Carinthia, was not appointed to the cabinet and resigned as party leader.Nohlen & Stöver, p179 However, foreign governments remained critical of the FPÖ's inclusion in the government and the fourteen other member countries of the European Union imposed sanctions on the country, whilst domestically the government faced protests organised by the SPÖ and Greens. However, this pressure on the government helped stabilise it and when ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2016 Austrian Presidential Election
Presidential elections were held in Austria on 24 April 2016, with a Two-round system, second round run-off on 22 May 2016. However, the results of the second round were annulled and a re-vote took place on 4 December 2016.Klatzer, Jürgen, Daniela Wahl and Peter Temel"Hofburg-Wahl: Stichwahl auf 4.12. verschoben, Jungwähler kommen in Wählerregister" (in German) ''kurier.at'', 12 September 2016. Incumbent President Heinz Fischer had served two terms and was not eligible to be elected for a third successive term. In the first round of the election, Norbert Hofer of the Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ) historically received the most votes. Alexander Van der Bellen, a member of the The Greens – The Green Alternative, Austrian Greens contesting as an independent, placed second, also a historic success for a member of the Greens. The candidates of the two governing parties, the Social Democratic Party of Austria, Social Democratic and Austrian People's Party, Austrian People's part ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Defunct Political Parties In Austria
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