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Elke Hanel-Torsch
Elke Hanel-Torsch (born 18 September 1981) is an Austrian politician and member of the National Council. A member of the Social Democratic Party, she has represented Vienna since October 2024. Hanel-Torsch was born on 18 September 1981 in St. Veit an der Glan. She has a Magister Juris degree in law from the University of Vienna. She trained to be a lawyer at the District Court of Inner City and Regional Court for Civil Matters in Vienna. She was a lawyer/legal advisor for the Tenants' Association Vienna () from 2006 to 2014 and its managing director from 2014 to 2016. She has been executive chairman of the association since 2016. Hanel-Torsch has held various positions in the Margareten and Viennese branches of the Social Democratic Party The name Social Democratic Party or Social Democrats has been used by many political parties in various countries around the world. Such parties are most commonly aligned to social democracy as their political ideology. Active parti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Council (Austria)
The National Council (, ) is one of the two houses of the Austrian Parliament and is frequently referred to as the lower house. The Politics of Austria, constitution endows the National Council with far more power than the Federal Council (Austria), Federal Council. Responsibilities The National Council is where Austria's federal legislature, legislative authority is concentrated; for a bill to become federal law, it must be resolved upon by this chamber. Bills passed by the National Council are sent to the Federal Council of Austria, Federal Council for corroboration. If the Federal Council approves of the bill or simply does nothing for eight weeks, the bill has succeeded. If the Federal Council vetoes the bill, the National Council may still force it into law by essentially just passing it again; a National Council resolution overruling a Federal Council objection merely has to meet a higher quorum than a regular resolution. In other words, the Federal Council does not have an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
