Manfred Rein (19 December 1948, 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 ...

, Austria – 22 April 2016, in Feldkirch, AustriaHanna Reiner:
„WKV-Präsident Manfred Rein verstorben“
', Vorarlberg Online (VOL.at), 22.) was an Austrian politician for 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) and president of the Economic Chamber of

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Life

After completing grammar school in his hometown of Dornbirn, Rein went to the Handelsschule in Feldkirch. Subsequently, he completed studying as a tiler, which he completed in 1971. In 1976, he passed the master's examination for plate tiler and in 1980 founded his own company in Dornbirn. He was married and lived with his wife as well as a son and a daughter in Dornbirn.

Politics

From 1980 to 1994, Rein was a member of the Dornbirn City Council for the Austrian People's Party. From 1985 to 1994, he was also city councilor in Dornbirn. From 1995 until the end of 2008, he worked as a provincial councilor in the Vorarlberg state government. He was responsible for the areas of general economic affairs (economic and transport policy), economic law (business and water law), spatial planning and construction law, housing promotion, and traffic law and road construction. On 20 November 2008, Rein was appointed by the General Assembly of the Vorarlberg branch of the

Austrian Federal Economic Chamber The Austrian Federal Economic Chamber (German language, de: ''Wirtschaftskammer Österreich'' or WKO) functions as the federal parent organization for the nine States of Austria, State Chambers and 110 trade associations for different industries w ...

as the successor of the President of the Federal Economic Chamber, Kuno Riedmann. His successor as provincial councilor in the state government became Karlheinz Rüdisser.ORF Vorarlberg:
Rein neuer Wirtschaftskammer-Präsident
'. At the Landtag meeting on 10 December 2008, Rein resigned from office as provincial councilor and on the following day took his new position as President of the Federal Economic Chamber. He held this office until his death in 2016.
des Amts der Vorarlberger Landesregierung zur Angelobung von Karlheinz Rüdisser. He also served as chairman of the Vorarlberg branch of the ÖVP sub-organization Österreichische Wirtschaftsbund.

References

External links

Biography of Manfred Rein
in the parliamentary documents of Vorarlberg Landtags. {{DEFAULTSORT:Rein, Manfred 1948 births 2016 deaths Austrian businesspeople Austrian People's Party politicians