Christian Bernhard (born 15 November 1963,

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) is an Austrian politician in

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. Bernhard is, since 6 June 2012, the Landesrat of Health and Disabled Aide of the Vorarlberg regional government. Bernhard is single and lives in

Dornbirn Dornbirn () is a city in the westernmost Austrian state of Vorarlberg. It is the administrative centre for the district of Dornbirn, which also includes the town of Hohenems, and the market town Lustenau. Dornbirn is the largest city in Vorarlb ...

Career

Bernhard was born on 15 November 1963 in the market town of Lustenau in the Vorarlberg region of the Rhine Valley. He graduated in 1982, passing

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in Dornbirn's federal gymnasium and then studied medicine at the

University of Innsbruck The University of Innsbruck (; ) is a public research university in Innsbruck, the capital of the Austrian federal state of Tyrol (state), Tyrol, founded on October 15, 1669. It is the largest education facility in the Austrian States of Austria, ...

. There, in 1989, he earned a doctorate in General Medicine (Dr. med. Univ.) and then began training as a general practitioner, and first worked as a

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hospital in Dornbirn. In 1993, Bernhard entered into politics in Vorarlberg and, in 1994, was head of the Department of Health in the

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. From 2001 to 2011, he served as a medical officer and deputy department head of the medical department in the Office of the Provincial Government of Vorarlberg. On 1 July 2011, he was appointed head of the department of the medical unit and therefore bore the professional title of provincial health director. After the surprising resignation of councilor Rainer Gögele on 1 June 2012, Bernhard was, after a meeting of parliament on 6 June, as his successor as Health Councillor. He took over from his predecessor the departments of health and disability assistance under the governance of

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.ORF Vorarlberg:
Landesrat Bernhard angelobt
'. At the same time with the election in the state government, Bernhard stepped into the ÖVP Vorarlberg branch, on June 29, followed by joining the Austrian Workers Federation Vorarlberg branch. After the reelection of Wallner, Bernhard has now also held the cultural department in addition to the health.

External links

der Vorarlberger Landesregierung.
Biography of Christian Bernhard
in the parliamentary documents of Vorarlberg Landtags. * Thomas Mair:

'. Presseaussendung der Landeskorrespondenz des Landes Vorarlberg vom 6. Juni 2012.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bernhard, Christian University of Innsbruck alumni Austrian general practitioners 1963 births People from Dornbirn Living people Austrian People's Party politicians