Lukas Mandl (born 12 July 1979) is an Austrian politician of the

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(ÖVP) who has been a Member of the European Parliament since November 2017 and was re-elected in

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Early life and education

Lukas Mandl was born as fourth of five children to Victoire Van Ditzhuyzen and Harald Mandl. He graduated in communications from the University of Vienna in 2004. From 2002 until 2005, he also completed a

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at the Federation of Austrian Industries (IV).

Political career

Career in national politics

Lukas Mandl began his political work in the Austrian ''Schülerunion'' and later in the ''Junge Volkspartei''. In 2008, he was elected as MP into the state parliament of Lower Austria and defended his seat again in 2013. In 2010, Mandl also became secretary general of the ''ÖAAB'' which is the trade union body associated with the

(ÖVP). With the "Meeting Mauerbach" Mandl initialized a debate on renewing and modernizing the ''Austrian People's Party'' in 2011. From 2008 until 2016 Lukas Mandl served as district chairman for the Austrian People's Party in Lower Austrian district of ''Wien Umgebung'' and was also elected as vice mayor of ''Grasdorf'' from 2015 to 2017.

Member of the European Parliament, 2017–present

Mandl took the seat of

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in 2017. During his first term, he served on the

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and on the

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. Following the

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, he moved to the Committee on Development, the Committee on Foreign Affairs and its

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. He later also joined the Special Committee on Foreign Interference in all Democratic Processes in the European Union in 2020. In addition to his committee assignments, Mandl has been chairing the parliament's delegation for relations with the Korean Peninsula since 2020. He is also a member of the European Parliament Intergroup on Artificial Intelligence and Digital and the URBAN Intergroup.

Other activities

* Institute of the Regions of Europe (IRE), member of the board of trustees *

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, memberLukas Mandl - Declaration of financial interests, 25 December 2017
European Parliament * SK Rapid Wien, member

References

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