Andreas "Andi" Babler | |
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Chair of the Social Democratic Party | |
Assumed office 6 June 2023 | |
Preceded by | Pamela Rendi-Wagner |
Mayor of Traiskirchen | |
Assumed office 29 April 2014 | |
Preceded by | Friedrich Knotzer |
Member of the Federal Council | |
Assumed office 23 March 2023 | |
Affiliation | Social Democratic Party |
Personal details | |
Born | Andreas Babler 25 February 1973 Mödling,Austria |
Political party | Social Democratic Party |
Education | University for Continuing Education Krems (MSc) |
Website | Official website |
Andreas Babler (born 25 February 1973) is an Austrian politician serving as Chair of the Social Democratic Party of Austria, [1] and mayor of the city and municipality of Traiskirchen. [2] He is also a member of the Federal Council of Austria [3] [4] and has been appointed as chairperson of the reform commission of the Social Democratic Party of Lower Austria. [5] In 2023, Die Presse characterised Babler as a far-left politician. [6] [7] [8]
Babler grew up in a Semperit working-class family in Möllersdorf,part of the municipality of Traiskirchen. He went to technical college in Mödling and subsequently worked in machine construction,as a warehouse labourer,and in a mineral water bottling plant. [9] [10]
After starting his career in politics he studied political communication at the University for Continuing Education Krems (MSc). [11]
In 1989 he joined the Socialist Youth Austria where he rose to become secretary.
In 1995 he became a member of the town council of Traiskirchen. He became mayor of Traiskirchen in 2014. In his first election he received the best election result for the SPÖin Traiskirchen since 1945:73.1 percent,an increase of 4.2%. [12]
He has received regular nationwide attention due to the Traiskirchen refugee camp,the largest refugee camp in Austria and one of the largest in Europe. [13] [14]
In the 2023 Lower Austrian provincial election Babler received 20,000 preferential votes. [5] Traiskirchen was one of very few towns with increases for the SPÖ. [15] Subsequent to this success,he was named the chairperson of a reform commission of the Social Democratic Party of Lower Austria. [5]
Following his success in the Lower Austrian provincial election in 2023,Babler was appointed member of the upper chamber of the Austrian Parliament,the Federal Council (Bundesrat),as a representative for Lower Austria in March 2023. [3] [4]
On 23 March 2023 Babler announced his candidacy for the 2023 Social Democratic Party of Austria leadership election as a surprise candidate. [16] [17] [18] The results of the membership election were announced on 22 May 2023 and Babler came in second with 31.5% of the votes. [19] Babler and other party members requested that a run-off among the party members should be held between him and Hans Peter Doskozil,who came in first at 33.7%,but the SPÖleadership decided in a vote of 25-22 against it. Instead,an election for the party chair with the candidates Doskozil and Babler was held among 603 delegates at an extraordinary party congress on 3 June 2023. [20] According to the first counting of the ballot on 3 June 2023,Doskozil won over Babler with 53 % versus 47 % of the votes. [21] As the ballot was recounted on 5 June 2023,it was found that during the first counting,the votes for Babler erroneously had been attributed to Doskozil and that - vice versa - the votes for Doskozil erroneously had been attributed to Babler. Babler accepted his election as party leader on 6 June 2023. [1] [22] [23]
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