Hermann Schützenhöfer
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Hermann Schützenhöfer (; born 29 February 1952) was governor of the Austrian province
Styria Styria (german: Steiermark ; Serbo-Croatian and sl, ; hu, Stájerország) is a state (''Bundesland'') in the southeast of Austria. With an area of , Styria is the second largest state of Austria, after Lower Austria. Styria is bordered to ...
from 2015 until 2022 and chairman of the Styrian People's Party (STVP/ÖVP) from 2006 until 2022.


Personal life

Schützenhöfer grew up in
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in Lower Austria. In 1966, Schützenhöfer's family moved back to Kirchbach in Styria, where Schützenhöfer completed compulsory school with the polytechnical year. He became an apprentice in a grocery store and wrote articles as a local journalist for the '' Kleine Zeitung'', the ''Sonntagspost'' and the Styrian youth magazine ''Horizont'' (= "Horizon" - a media organ of the Junge Volkspartei). He is married to Marianne, and has two grown-up children.


Political activities

Schützenhöfer then entered politics in 1970 and became director of the Styrian Young People's Party (JVP) and in 1976 chairman of JVP Styria. In 1978 he acted as director of the ÖAAB (= Workers Union of the People's Party) in Styria. In 2006 he succeeded former governor Waltraud Klasnic as party leader and acted as vice governor. After the Styrian State elections in 2010, Hermann Schützenhöfer and governor
Franz Voves Franz Voves (born 28 February 1953 in Graz, Styria, Austria) is an Austrian politician of the SPÖ and a former player in the Austrian ice hockey national team. From 25 October 2005 to 16 June 2015 he has been governor of Styria (Landeshauptman ...
of the SPÖ formed the as called "reform partnership coalition" (Reformpartnerschaft). Schützenhöfer again took over the office of the First Deputy Governor in October. There he was also responsible for the areas of personnel agendas, mayors, tourism, folk culture, provincial- and community development.


Governor of Styria

In June 2015 Schützenhöfer finally became Styrian governor – even though the STVP again had fallen behind the Socialist Party SPÖ by view votes. On 24 November 2019, the ''People's Party'' won the Styrian elections with 36.05%; a month later ''Schützenhöfer'' again formed a coalition with the ''SPÖ''. Schützenhöfers most ambitious project was to reshape the structure administration within Styria ("Gemeindestrukturreform") which significantly reduced the numbers of communities and districts. This reform gained much approval but also set off a major controversy. He played a significant role in the process of renewing 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 ...
which also led to the party leadership of Sebastian Kurz.


Honors

* 2016: Senator of Honor at Montanuniversität Leoben * 2017: Papal Order of St. Gregory the Great * 2017: Mérite Européen * 2017: Senator of Honor at Medizinischen Universität Graz


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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Schutzenhofer, Hermann 1952 births Living people Austrian People's Party politicians Governors of Styria