Styria is an Austrian state in the southeast of the country. With an area of approximately 16,399 km2 (6,332 sq mi),Styria is Austria's second largest state,after Lower Austria. It is bordered to the south by Slovenia,and clockwise,from the southwest,by the other Austrian states of Carinthia,Salzburg,Upper Austria,Lower Austria,and Burgenland. The state's capital is Graz,the second largest city in Austria after only Vienna.
Franz Voves is an Austrian politician of the SPÖand a former player in the Austrian ice hockey national team. From 25 October 2005 to 16 June 2015 he has been governor of Styria. He was vice-governor of Styria from 12 March 2002 till 24 October 2005. On 2 March 2002 he was elected as the chairman of the SPÖStyria (Steiermark).
Gössendorf is a municipality in the district of Graz-Umgebung in the Austrian state of Styria with 3793 inhabitants
Ulrich III von Graben was a member of the Austrian nobility,Lord of Kornberg,(Ober)Radkersburg,Grabenhofen,Graben and the Lordship Marburg,Obermarburg and Maribor Castle.
Raaba-Grambach is a market town in the district Graz-Umgebung in Styria,Austria since 2015. It was created as part of the Steiermärkische Gemeindestrukturreform of Styria at the end of 2014,dissolving the towns Raaba and Grambach. One complaint from both communities against merging was raised at the Constitutional Court but ended unsuccessfully.
Since 2015 Gratwein-Straßengel is a market town in the Graz-Umgebung District of Styria,Austria. The town took effect as part of the Styria municipal structural reform,from the end of 2014 with the merging of the former municipalities Gratwein,Judendorf-Straßengel,Eisbach and Gschnaidt. The merger made the market town population to be the 6th-largest in Styria.
Premstätten is since January 2016 a new market town with 5,784 residents in Graz-Umgebung District of Styria,Austria. However,it was previously founded in January 2015 as the town name "Unterpremstätten-Zettling".
Legislative elections were held in Austria on 29 September 2019 to elect the 27th National Council,the lower house of Austria's bicameral parliament. The snap election was called in the wake of the Ibiza affair in May,which caused the resignation of Vice Chancellor Heinz-Christian Strache and the collapse of the governing coalition of the Austrian People's Party (ÖVP) and Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ). The government subsequently lost a motion of no confidence in parliament,before ÖVP Chancellor Sebastian Kurz was replaced by non-partisan Brigitte Bierlein on an interim basis.
Hermann Schützenhöfer is an Austrian politician who served as the governor of Styria from 2015 until 2022 and chairman of the Styrian People's Party (StVP/ÖVP) from 2006 until 2022.
Juliane Bogner-Strauß,is an Austrian molecular biologist,biochemist,and politician in the Austrian People's Party (ÖVP). Since October 2013 she is Associate Professor at the Institute of Biochemistry of Graz University of Technology. From 18 December 2017 she was Federal Minister for Families and Youth of the Republic of Austria,since 8 January 2018 she is Federal Minister for Women,Families and Youth in the Federal Chancellery. Since 9 July 2018,she is the Federal Minister for Sustainability and Tourism.
Beatrix Karl is an Austrian academic and politician. A former member of the National Council,she served as Minister for Science and Research (2010–2011) and as Minister of Justice (2011–2013) in the first Faymann government.
Waltraud Klasnic is an Austrian politician who was Landeshauptfrau (governor) of Styria from 1996 until 2005.
Andreas Schnider is an Austrian theologian,academic teacher,author,publisher,consultant and politician of the Austrian People's Party (ÖVP). He was the leader of the party's regional section Steirische Volkspartei in Styria from 2001 to 2010,and a member of the Bundesrat from 2002 to 2010.
Martin F. Polaschek is an Austrian legal scholar and legal historian who has served as Federal Minister for Education,Science and Research in the Nehammer government since 6 December 2021. An Independent,he was nominated by the Austrian People's Party (ÖVP).
The 2024 Styrian state election was held on 24 November 2024 to elect the members of the Landtag of Styria.
East Styria,also known as Electoral District 6B,is one of the 39 multi-member regional electoral districts of the National Council,the lower house of the Austrian Parliament,the national legislature of Austria. The electoral district was established in 2012 by the merger of Styria East and Styria South East following the re-organisation of the regional electoral districts in Styria to reflect the new administrative district structure and came into being at the following legislative election in 2013. It consists of the districts of Hartberg-Fürstenfeld,South East Styria and Weiz in the state of Styria. The electoral district currently elects six of the 183 members of the National Council using the open party-list proportional representation electoral system. At the 2019 legislative election the constituency had 217,383 registered electors.
Greater Graz,also known as Electoral District 6A,is one of the 39 multi-member regional electoral districts of the National Council,the lower house of the Austrian Parliament,the national legislature of Austria. The electoral district was established in 2012 following the re-organisation of the regional electoral districts in Styria to reflect the new administrative district structure and came into being at the following legislative election in 2013. It consists of the city of Graz and the district of Greater Graz in the state of Styria. The electoral district currently elects nine of the 183 members of the National Council using the open party-list proportional representation electoral system. At the 2019 legislative election the constituency had 317,873 registered electors.
Upper Styria,also known as Electoral District 6D,is one of the 39 multi-member regional electoral districts of the National Council,the lower house of the Austrian Parliament,the national legislature of Austria. The electoral district was established in 2012 by the merger of Styria North,Styria North West and Styria West following the re-organisation of the regional electoral districts in Styria to reflect the new administrative district structure and came into being at the following legislative election in 2013. It consists of the districts of Bruck-Mürzzuschlag,Leoben,Liezen,Murau and Murtal in the state of Styria. The electoral district currently elects seven of the 183 members of the National Council using the open party-list proportional representation electoral system. At the 2019 legislative election the constituency had 271,302 registered electors.
Karin Greiner is an Austrian politician and member of the National Council. A member of the Social Democratic Party,she has represented Styria since October 2019. She had previously represented Styria Centre,the Federal List and Greater Graz in the National Council.
Maximilian Lercher is an Austrian politician and former member of the National Council. A member of the Social Democratic Party,he represented Upper Styria from October 2019 to October 2024. He was a member of the Landtag Styria from October 2010 to September 2018.
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