Walter Rosenkranz (born 29 July 1962) is an Austrian politician and lawyer who was a member of the
National Council for the
Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ) from 2008 to 2019, when he became one of three national
public advocates (a ''Volksanwalt'').
Before that, he was parliamentary group leader of the FPÖ in the National Council between 2017 and 2019 and served as leader of the
Lower Austrian FPÖ.
On 12 July 2022, the FPÖ selected Rosenkranz as its official candidate for the
2022 Austrian presidential election
Presidential elections were held in Austria on 9 October 2022. Incumbent Alexander Van der Bellen from the The Greens – The Green Alternative, Greens was eligible for one more term and ran for re-election. About 6.36 million voting-age citizens ...
, to be held on 9 October 2022, but lost to incumbent Austrian president
Alexander Van der Bellen. He is not related to
Barbara Rosenkranz
Barbara Rosenkranz (née ''Schörghofer''; born 20 June 1958 in Salzburg) is an Austrian politician for the Free List Austria. She was a member of the Parliament of Austria, the National Council of Austria, National Council, from 2002 to 2008, wh ...
, FPÖ candidate for president in the
2010 Austrian presidential election
Presidential elections were held in Austria on 25 April 2010, the twelfth election of an Austrian head of state since 1951. The candidates were President Heinz Fischer (independent, formerly SPÖ), Barbara Rosenkranz ( FPÖ) and Rudolf Gehring ...
.
References
1962 births
Living people
Ombudsmen in Austria
Members of the National Council (Austria)
Freedom Party of Austria politicians
People from Krems an der Donau
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