Christian Sagartz (born 1981) is an Austrian politician of the

Austrian People's Party The Austrian People's Party (german: Österreichische Volkspartei , ÖVP ) is a Christian-democratic and liberal-conservative political party in Austria. Since December 2021, the party has been led provisionally by Karl Nehammer. It is currentl ...

(ÖPP) who has been serving as

Member of the European Parliament A Member of the European Parliament (MEP) is a person who has been elected to serve as a popular representative in the European Parliament. When the European Parliament (then known as the Common Assembly of the ECSC) first met in 1952, its ...

since 2020.

Early life and education

Sagartz holds a BA in political science and a master's degree in political advice.

Political career

Sagartz holds several positions in

Pöttsching Pöttsching ( hu, Pecsenyéd, hr, Pečva) is a town in the district of Mattersburg in the Austrian state of Burgenland. The origin of the Hungarian name ''Pecsenyéd'' is reported to be from Pecheneg The Pechenegs () or Patzinaks tr, Peçen ...

: councillor (since 2002), vice-mayor (since 2007), and chairman of the town's party in 2006. He was the Burgenland chairman of Young People's Party from 2002 to 2008 and became chairman of the Mattersburg district chapter in 2010. He became a member of the Landtag on 25 October 2005.Profile
at Landtag site

Member of the European Parliament, 2020–present

Sagartz has been a

since 2020. In parliament, he has been serving on the

Committee on Development The Committee on Development (Commission du développement, DEVE) is a committee of the European Parliament responsible for promoting, implementing and monitoring the development and cooperation policy of the European Union, notably talks with deve ...

(since 2020), its

Subcommittee on Human Rights The Subcommittee on Human Rights (DROI) is a subcommittee of the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the European Parliament. It is responsible for issues of human rights and democracy, including ensuring their implementation in European Union policy, ...

(since 2020) and the

Committee on Employment and Social Affairs The Committee on Employment and Social Affairs (EMPL) is a committee of the European Parliament. It is responsible for issues of employment and social policy, including labour rights, social security, inclusion, free movement for workers and pensio ...

.Mia Bartoloni (March 26, 2021)
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''. In addition to his committee assignments, Sagartz is a substitute member of the parliament's delegations to the EU-Albania Stabilisation and Association Parliamentary Committee; the EU-Montenegro Stabilisation and Association Parliamentary Committee; the

ACP–EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly The ACP–EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly was created to bring together the elected representatives of the European Union (the Members of the European Parliament) and the elected representatives of the African, Caribbean and Pacific states ("ACP c ...

; and for relations with South Africa.

References

1981 births MEPs for Austria 2019–2024 Austrian People's Party MEPs Deputy mayors People from Mattersburg District Members of the Landtag of Burgenland Austrian city councillors Living people {{Austria-MEP-stub