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Overview | |||||
Legislative body | National Council | ||||
Jurisdiction | Austria | ||||
Meeting place | Hofburg Imperial Palace, Vienna | ||||
Term | 9 November 2017 – 22 October 2019 | ||||
Election | 15 October 2017 | ||||
Government | First Kurz government Bierlein government | ||||
Members | 183 | ||||
President | Wolfgang Sobotka (ÖVP) | ||||
Second President | Doris Bures (SPÖ) | ||||
Third President | Anneliese Kitzmüller (FPÖ) |
This is a list of members of the 26th National Council (German : Nationalrat) of Austria, the lower house of the bicameral legislature. The 26th National Council was elected in the 15 October 2017 legislative election, and was constituted in its first session on 9 November 2017. Its term ended on 22 October 2019.
Originally, the National Council comprised 62 members of the Austrian People's Party (ÖVP), 52 members of the Social Democratic Party of Austria (SPÖ), 51 members of the Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ), 10 members of NEOS – The New Austria and Liberal Forum (NEOS), and 8 members of the Peter Pilz List (named JETZT from November 2018). By the dissolution of the National Council, there were four non-attached members: Martha Bißmann (former PILZ, expelled), Efgani Dönmez (former ÖVP, expelled), David Lasar (former FPÖ, resigned), and Alma Zadić (former JETZT, expelled). [1]
The President of the National Council was initially Elisabeth Köstinger (ÖVP). She resigned on 17 December 2017 in anticipation of being appointed to Cabinet Kurz I; Third President Norbert Hofer (FPÖ) resigned for the same reason on 18 December. On 20 December, Wolfgang Sobotka was elected to replace Köstinger, and Anneliese Kitzmüller to replace Hofer. They served until the National Council's dissolution. The Second President was Doris Bures (SPÖ), who served for the entirety of the legislative term. [2]
President | Party | Term | ||
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President | Elisabeth Köstinger | ÖVP | 9 Nov. 2017 – 17 Dec. 2017 | |
Wolfgang Sobotka | ÖVP | 20 Dec. 2017 – dissolution | ||
Second President | Doris Bures | SPÖ | 9 Nov. 2017 – dissolution | |
Third President | Norbert Hofer | FPÖ | 9 Nov. 2017 – 18 Dec. 2017 | |
Anneliese Kitzmüller | FPÖ | 20 Dec. 2017 – dissolution | ||
Source: National Council |
Group | Members | Leader | |||
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At election | At dissolution | ||||
Austrian People's Party (ÖVP) | 62 / 183 | 61 / 183 | Sebastian Kurz | 9 Nov. 2017 – 20 Dec. 2017 | |
August Wöginger | 20 Dec. 2017 – dissolution | ||||
Social Democratic Party of Austria (SPÖ) | 52 / 183 | 52 / 183 | Christian Kern | 9 Nov. 2017 – 8 Oct. 2018 | |
Pamela Rendi-Wagner | 8 Oct. 2018 – dissolution | ||||
Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ) | 51 / 183 | 50 / 183 | Heinz-Christian Strache | 9 Nov. 2017 – 20 Dec. 2017 | |
Walter Rosenkranz | 20 Dec. 2017 – 27 May 2019 | ||||
Norbert Hofer | 27 May 2019 – dissolution | ||||
NEOS – The New Austria and Liberal Forum (NEOS) | 10 / 183 | 10 / 183 | Matthias Strolz | 9 Nov. 2017 – 26 Sep. 2018 | |
Beate Meinl-Reisinger | 18 Oct. 2018 – dissolution | ||||
Peter Pilz List (PILZ) (to 20 Nov. 2018) JETZT – Pilz List (JETZT) (from 20 Nov. 2018) | 8 / 183 | 6 / 183 | Peter Kolba | 9 Nov. 2017 – 1 Jun. 2018 | |
Bruno Rossmann | 1 Jun. 2018 – dissolution | ||||
No group affiliation | 0 / 183 | 4 / 183 | – | – | |
Source: National Council |
Image | Name | Date of birth | Party | Constituency | State | Notes | Ref. | |
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Werner Amon | 28 May 1969 | ÖVP | 6C – West Styria | Styria | Resigned on 30 June 2019 Replaced by Daniela List | [186] | ||
Angela Fichtinger | 29 December 1956 | ÖVP | 3B – Waldviertel | Lower Austria | Resigned on 11 June 2019 Replaced by Lukas Brandweiner | [187] | ||
Claudia Gamon | 23 December 1988 | NEOS | 9 – Vienna | Vienna | Resigned on 30 June 2019 Replaced by Doris Hager-Hämmerle | [188] | ||
Johann Gudenus | 20 July 1976 | FPÖ | 9 – Vienna | Vienna | Moved up on 20 December 2017 after the resignation of Maximilian Krauss Resigned on 18 May 2019 Replaced by Hubert Fuchs | [189] | ||
Roman Haider | 13 April 1967 | FPÖ | 4C – Hausruckviertel | Upper Austria | Elected for constituency 4 – Upper Austria Moved up to constituency 4C on 22 May 2019 after the resignation of Wolfgang Klinger Resigned on 1 July 2019 Replaced by Sandra Wohlschlager | [190] | ||
Franz Hörl | 4 December 1956 | ÖVP | 7 – Tyrol | Tyrol | Moved up on 24 January 2018 after the resignation of Josef Moser Resigned on 11 June 2019 Replaced by Josef Moser | [191] | ||
Wolfgang Katzian | 28 October 1956 | SPÖ | Federal list | Federal list | Resigned on 26 September 2018 Replaced by Rainer Wimmer | [192] | ||
Christian Kern | 4 January 1966 | SPÖ | Federal list | Federal list | Chairman of the Social Democratic Party of Austria Chairman of the SPÖ parliamentary group (Constitution – 8 Oct. 2018) Resigned on 15 November 2018 Replaced by Katharina Kucharowits | [193] | ||
Wolfgang Klinger | 10 May 1959 | FPÖ | 4C – Hausruckviertel | Upper Austria | Resigned on 22 May 2019 Replaced by Thomas Dim | [194] | ||
Peter Kolba | 17 January 1959 | PILZ | 3 – Lower Austria | Lower Austria | Chairman of the PILZ parliamentary group (Constitution – 1 Jun. 2018) Resigned on 4 June 2018 Replaced by Peter Pilz | [195] | ||
Ulrike Königsberger-Ludwig | 12 May 1965 | SPÖ | 3C – Mostviertel | Lower Austria | Resigned on 21 March 2018 Replaced by Renate Gruber | [196] | ||
Maximilian Krauss | 8 February 1993 | FPÖ | Federal list | Federal list | Resigned on 18 December 2017 Replaced by Johann Gudenus | [197] | ||
Barbara Krenn | 19 December 1969 | ÖVP | 6D – Upper Styria | Styria | Died on 3 April 2019 Replaced by Karl Schmidhofer | [198] | ||
Sebastian Kurz | 27 August 1986 | ÖVP | Federal list | Federal list | Chairman of the Austrian People's Party Chairman of the ÖVP parliamentary group (Constitution – 20 Dec. 2017) Resigned on 22 December 2017 Replaced by Maria Smodics-Neumann | [199] | ||
Angelika Kuss-Bergner | 6 November 1972 | ÖVP | 2 – Carinthia | Carinthia | Moved up on 24 January 2018 after the resignation of Elisabeth Köstinger Resigned on 11 June 2019 Replaced by Elisabeth Köstinger | [200] | ||
Johann Rädler | 13 June 1952 | ÖVP | 3E – Lower Austria South | Lower Austria | Resigned on 11 June 2019 Replaced by Christian Stocker | [201] | ||
Christian Ries | 20 January 1972 | FPÖ | 1 – Burgenland | Burgenland | Moved up on 20 December 2017 after the resignation of Norbert Hofer Resigned on 24 May 2019 Replaced by Norbert Hofer | [202] | ||
Walter Rosenkranz | 29 July 1962 | FPÖ | 3B – Waldviertel | Lower Austria | Chairman of the FPÖ parliamentary group (19 Dec. 2017 – 27 May 2019) Resigned on 30 June 2019 Replaced by Alois Kainz | [203] | ||
Andrä Rupprechter | 31 May 1961 | ÖVP | 7C – Lowland | Tyrol | Resigned on 30 January 2018 Replaced by Josef Lettenbichler | [204] | ||
Andreas Schieder | 16 April 1969 | SPÖ | 9 – Vienna | Vienna | Resigned on 1 July 2019 Replaced by Christoph Matznetter | [205] | ||
Stefan Schnöll | 13 March 1988 | ÖVP | 5 – Salzburg | Salzburg | Resigned on 12 June 2018 Replaced by Gertraud Salzmann | [206] | ||
Dominik Schrott | 3 December 1987 | ÖVP | 7D – Highland | Tyrol | Resigned on 4 September 2018 Replaced by Elisabeth Pfurtscheller | [207] | ||
Josef Smolle | 23 August 1958 | ÖVP | 6 – Styria | Styria | Moved up on 24 January 2018 after the resignation of Juliane Bogner-Strauß Resigned on 5 June 2019 Replaced by Juliane Bogner-Strauß | [208] | ||
Heinz-Christian Strache | 12 June 1969 | FPÖ | Federal list | Federal list | Chairman of the Freedom Party of Austria Chairman of the FPÖ parliamentary group (Constitution – 20 Dec. 2017) Resigned on 26 January 2018 Replaced by Andrea-Michaela Schartel | [209] | ||
Matthias Strolz | 10 June 1973 | NEOS | Federal list | Federal list | Chairman of NEOS – The New Austria and Liberal Forum Chairman of the NEOS parliamentary group (Constitution – 26 Sep. 2018) Resigned on 26 September 2018 Replaced by Beate Meinl-Reisinger | [210] | ||
Marlene Svazek | 13 May 1992 | FPÖ | 5B – Flachgau-Tennengau | Salzburg | Resigned on 12 June 2018 Replaced by Volker Reifenberger | [211] | ||
Angelika Winzig | 9 May 1963 | ÖVP | 4C – Hausruckviertel | Upper Austria | Resigned on 2 July 2019 Replaced by Laurenz Pöttinger | [212] |
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