Christian Sagartz (born 1981) is an Austrian politician of the

Austrian People's Party The Austrian People's Party ( , ÖVP ) is a Christian-democratic and liberal-conservative political party in Austria. Since January 2025, the party has been led by Christian Stocker (as an acting leader). It is currently the second-largest p ...

(ÖVP) who has been serving as

Member of the European Parliament A member of the European Parliament (MEP) is a person who has been Election, elected to serve as a popular representative in the European Parliament. When the European Parliament (then known as the Common Assembly of the European Coal and S ...

since 2020.

Early life and education

Sagartz attended University of Vienna, where he earned a BA in political science (2006-2010) and a master's degree in political consultancy (2010-2012).

Political career

Sagartz holds several positions in Pöttsching: councillor (since 2002), vice-mayor (since 2007), and chairman of the town's party in 2006. He was the Burgenland chairman of Young People's Party from 2002 to 2008 and became chairman of the Mattersburg district chapter in 2010. He became a member of the

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on 25 October 2005.Profile
at Landtag site

Member of the European Parliament, 2020–present

Sagartz has been a

since 2020. In parliament, he has been serving on the

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(since 2020), its

Subcommittee on Human Rights The Subcommittee on Human Rights (DROI, after the French name ''Sous-commission des droits de l'homme du Parlement européen'') is a subcommittee of the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the European Parliament. It is responsible for issues of human ...

(since 2020) and the

Committee on Employment and Social Affairs The Committee on Employment and Social Affairs (EMPL) is a Committees of the European Parliament, committee of the European Parliament. It is responsible for issues of employment and social policy, including labour rights, social security, inclusion ...

.Mia Bartoloni (March 26, 2021)
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''. In addition to his committee assignments, Sagartz is a substitute member of the parliament's delegations to the EU-Albania Stabilisation and Association Parliamentary Committee; the EU-Montenegro Stabilisation and Association Parliamentary Committee; the

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; and for relations with South Africa.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Sagartz, Christian 1981 births MEPs for Austria 2019–2024 Austrian People's Party MEPs Deputy mayors People from Mattersburg District Members of the Landtag Burgenland Austrian city councillors Living people