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Rainer Wimmer
Rainer Leopold Wimmer (10 August 1955 – 24 June 2025) was an Austrian trade unionist, politician and a member of the National Council. A member of the Social Democratic Party, he represented Upper Austria from December 1993 to November 1994, Traunviertel from November 1994 to October 2008 and the Federal List from October 2013 to November 2017 and from October 2018 to October 2024. Wimmer was born on 10 August 1955 in Hallstatt. He trained to be an electrician at a vocational school from 1970 to 1974. He worked as an electrician for the salt mining company Salinen Austria from 1970 to 1983. He was chairman of the works council at Salinen Austria in 1983 and chairman of its central works council from 1984 to 2010. He was appointed to the board of the Union of Agriculture, Food and Allied Industries (ANG) in 1984 and served as its chairman from 2004 to 2006. He was deputy federal chairman of the Metal-Textile-Food Union (GMTN) from 2006 to 2008. He was a member of the Federal E ... [...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] |
PRO-GE
PRO-GE is a trade union representing production workers in manufacturing, agriculture and mining, in Austria. The union was founded in November 2009, when the Chemical Workers' Union (GdC) merged with the Metal-Textile-Food Union (GMTN). On formation, the union had 255,000 members, and was the third largest affiliate of the Austrian Trade Union Federation. Rainer Wimmer, formerly of the GdC, was elected as the union's first president. While the union recruits across the metal, mining, energy, textiles, leather, agriculture, food processing and tobacco sectors, it also recruits temporary workers in any sector. However, it only recruits blue collar workers, with managers and clerical staff being represented by other unions. The union is affiliated to the International Union of Food, Agricultural, Hotel, Restaurant, Catering, Tobacco and Allied Workers' Associations, and the IndustriALL Global Union IndustriALL Global Union is a global union federation, founded in Copenhagen o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2002 Austrian Legislative Election
Early parliamentary elections were held in Austria on 24 November 2002, after internal divisions in the Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ) culminating in the Knittelfeld Putsch led to the resignation of several leading FPÖ members. The Austrian People's Party (ÖVP) emerged as the largest party, winning 79 of the 183 seats, the first time it had been the largest party in the National Council of Austria, National Council since 1966 Austrian legislative election, 1966. It continued its coalition government with the FPÖ, which lost almost two-thirds of its seats. Voter turnout was 84%.Nohlen & Stöver, p217 Contesting parties The table below lists parties represented in the 21st National Council (Austria), National Council. Results Results by state References External links * Legislative elections in Austria 2002 elections in Europe, Austria 2002 elections in Austria, Legislative November 2002 in Europe, Austria {{Austria-poli-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1995 Austrian Legislative Election
Early parliamentary elections were held in Austria on 17 December 1995,Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p196 after the collapse of the grand coalition between the Social Democratic Party of Austria, Social Democratic Party (SPÖ) and Austrian People's Party, People's Party (ÖVP) over disagreements about the national budget. The SPÖ made small gains, primarily at the expense of minor parties, while the ÖVP remained static. The grand coalition was subsequently renegotiated, and Franz Vranitzky continued as Chancellor of Austria, Chancellor. Contesting parties The table below lists parties represented in the 19th National Council (Austria), National Council. Results Results by state References Legislative elections in Austria 1995 elections in Europe, Austria 1995 elections in Austria, Legislative December 1995 in Europe, Austria {{Austria-poli-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1994 Austrian Legislative Election
Parliamentary elections were held in Austria on 9 October 1994. The Social Democratic Party of Austria (SPÖ) and Austrian People's Party (ÖVP) remained the largest parties, but both suffered losses to minor parties. The Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ) improved to 22.5% and The Greens (Austria), The Greens won 7.3%. The Liberal Forum, a liberal splinter from the FPÖ, won 6.0% and entered the National Council on its first attempt. The incumbent Grand coalition#Austria, grand coalition of the SPÖ and ÖVP was renewed.Nohlen & Stöver, p216 Contesting parties The table below lists parties represented in the 18th National Council (Austria), National Council. Results Results by state References Legislative elections in Austria 1994 elections in Europe, Austria 1994 elections in Austria, Legislative October 1994 in Europe, Austria {{Austria-poli-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ministry Of The Interior (Austria)
In Austria, the Ministry of the Interior (, colloquially ''Innenministerium'', abbreviated: BMI) is a Federal Ministries (Austria), federal government agency serving as the interior ministry of the Politics of Austria, Austrian government. It is chiefly responsible for the public security, but also deals with matters relating to citizenship, elections, referendums, plebiscites and the alternative civilian service. The Ministry of the Interior is considered one of the most important List of Ministries (Austria), ministries in Austria. It operates and oversees the vast majority of the Law enforcement in Austria, country's law enforcement agencies, including the Federal Police (Austria), Federal Police Directorate (BPD), the Directorate General for Public Security#Criminal Intelligence Service Austria, Criminal Intelligence Service Austria (BK), the Directorate State Protection and Intelligence Service (DSN), the BAK (Austria), Federal Bureau of Anti-Corruption (BAK), the Directorate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1990 Austrian Legislative Election
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Parliamentary elections were held in Austria on 7 October 1990. The Social Democratic Party won the most seats, and retained the grand coalition with the Austrian People's Party. Voter turnout was 86%.Nohlen & Stöver, p216 Results Results by state References Legislative elections in Austria Legislative Austria Austria Austria, formally the Republic of Austria, is a landlocked country in Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine Federal states of Austria, states, of which the capital Vienna is the List of largest cities in Aust ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ORF (broadcaster)
(ORF ; , ) is the national public broadcaster of Austria. Funded from a combination of television licence fee revenue and limited on-air advertising, ORF is the dominant player in the Austrian broadcast media. Austria was the last country in continental Europe after Albania to allow nationwide private television broadcasting, although commercial TV channels from neighbouring Germany have been present in Austria on Pay television, pay-TV and via Signal overspill, terrestrial overspill since the 1980s. History of broadcasting in Austria The first unregulated test transmissions in Austria began on 1 April 1923 by Radio Hekaphon, run by the radio pioneer and enthusiast (1887–1958), who applied for a radio licence in 1921; first in his telephone factory in the Brigittenau district of Vienna, later in the nearby TGM technical college. On 2 September, it aired a first broadcast address by Austrian President Michael Hainisch (1858–1940). One year later, a powerful transmitte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2017 Austrian Legislative Election
Legislative elections were held in Austria on 15 October 2017 to elect the 26th National Council, the lower house of Austria's bicameral parliament. The snap election was called when the coalition government between the Social Democratic Party of Austria (SPÖ) and Austrian People's Party (ÖVP) was dissolved in May by the latter party's new leader Sebastian Kurz. The ÖVP took a strong lead in opinion polls after Kurz's confirmation as leader, and emerged as the largest party in the election, with 31.5% of the vote and 62 of the 183 seats in the National Council. The SPÖ finished second with 52 seats, just ahead of the Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ), which won 51 seats. NEOS was fourth with 10 seats. The Greens failed to pass the 4% electoral threshold and lost parliamentary representation for the first time since winning seats in the 1986 elections. The Peter Pilz List, which had split from the Greens at the start of the campaign, received 4.4% of the vote and won 8 seat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2013 Austrian Legislative Election
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2008 Austrian Legislative Election
Legislative elections were held in Austria on 28 September 2008 to elect the 24th National Council, the lower house of Austria's bicameral parliament. The snap election was called after Austrian People's Party (ÖVP) withdrew from the ruling grand coalition with the Social Democratic Party of Austria (SPÖ) in July. Due to dissatisfaction with the governing parties, the opposition and minor parties were expected to make significant gains. Opinion polling indicated that up to seven parties could potentially win seats. The SPÖ and ÖVP each suffered their worst election results in history up to this point, losing 6.1 and 8.3 percentage points respectively. The Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ) and Alliance for the Future of Austria (BZÖ) captured the largest portion of these lost votes, each recording a six and a half-point swing. The Greens took small losses, while Liberal Forum (LiF) and Citizens' Forum Austria (FRITZ) both fell well short of the 4% electoral threshold, def ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
