Olga Voglauer | |
|---|---|
 Voglauer in 2022 | |
| Member of the National Council | |
| Assumed office 23 October 2019 | |
| Constituency | Carinthia |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 3 October 1980 |
| Political party | The Greens |
Olga Voglauer (born 3 October 1980) is an Austrian politician of The Greens. She has been a member of the National Council since 2019, [1] and has served as general secretary of The Greens since 2023. [2]
Alliance 90/The Greens,often simply referred to as Greens,is a green political party in Germany. It was formed in 1993 by the merger of the Greens and Alliance 90. The Greens had itself merged with the East German Green Party after German reunification in 1990.
Politics in Austria reflects the dynamics of competition among multiple political parties,which led to the formation of a Conservative-Green coalition government for the first time in January 2020,following the snap elections of 29 September 2019,and the election of a former Green Party leader to the presidency in 2016.
Green politics,or ecopolitics,is a political ideology that aims to foster an ecologically sustainable society often,but not always,rooted in environmentalism,nonviolence,social justice and grassroots democracy. It began taking shape in the western world in the 1970s;since then green parties have developed and established themselves in many countries around the globe and have achieved some electoral success.
Jürgen Trittin is a German Green politician who served as Minister for the Environment,Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety in the government of Chancellor Gerhard Schröder from 1998 to 2005.
The Greens –The Green Alternative is a green political party in Austria. The Greens are in a coalition with the Austrian People's Party (ÖVP) in the Nehammer government. Before they were part of the Schallenberg government and the Second Kurz government. The current President of Austria,Alexander Van der Bellen,is from the Green Party.
The European Green Party (EGP),also referred to as European Greens,is a transnational,European political party representing national parties from across Europe who share Green values.
Alexander "Sascha" Van der Bellen,also referred to by the abbreviation VdB,is an Austrian politician serving as the 12th president of Austria since 2017. He previously served as a professor of economics at the University of Vienna,and after joining politics,as the spokesman of the Austrian Green Party.
Same-sex marriage has been legal in Austria since 1 January 2019. On 4 December 2017,the Constitutional Court ruled that the non-discrimination and equality provisions of the Constitution of Austria guarantee same-sex couples the right to marry. The decision took effect on 1 January 2019,making Austria the 24th country in the world and the fifteenth in Europe to allow same-sex couples to marry nationwide. Polling indicates that a majority of Austrians support the legal recognition of same-sex marriage.
Pirate Party is a label adopted by certain political parties around the world. These parties typically espouse a set of values and policies related to civil rights,digital rights,internet freedom,direct democracy,and participatory democracy. Additionally,they often advocate for reforms of copyright and patent laws to make them more flexible and open,with the aim of encouraging innovation and creativity. This often involves opposition to patent-based monopolies. Furthermore,Pirate Party members tend to support the use of free and open-source software,free sharing of knowledge,information privacy,transparency,freedom of information,free speech,anti-corruption,net neutrality,importance of cybersecurity and protecting digital infrastructure from threats,decentralized technologies and platforms,self-governance in online spaces,strong encryption and anonymity to protect personal data and individual privacy both online and offline from mass surveillance,censorship and Big Tech's misuse.
Red–red–green coalition,alternatively "red–green–red" or "green–red–red",refers to a left-wing political alliance of two "red" social democratic,socialist,or communist parties with one "green" environmentalist party.
Werner Kogler is an Austrian politician of the Green Party who has been serving as Vice-Chancellor of Austria and minister for Arts,Culture,the Civil Service and Sport in the governments of chancellors Sebastian Kurz,Alexander Schallenberg,and Karl Nehammer since 7 January 2020.
Olga Romanovna Mikutina is a Ukrainian-Austrian figure skater who competes for Austria. She is a three-time Austrian national champion,as well as a two-time Austrian national junior champion (2019–2020). Internationally,she has represented the country at the European and World championships,and finished fourteenth at the 2022 Winter Olympics.
Sigrid Maurer is an Austrian politician,and former student representative,(GRAS). Since 7 January of 2020 she serves as the club chairwoman of the Austrian Greens and is a member of the Austrian national council since 2019 and before between 2013 and 2017.
Legislative elections were held in Austria on 29 September 2024 to elect the 28th National Council,the lower house of Austria's bicameral parliament.
Thomas Waitz is an Austrian ecological farmer,forester,and politician for the Greens Party. He has served as a board member for the European Green Party (EGP) since March 2017 and has been a member of the European Parliament since November 2017,after Ulrike Lunacek's resignation. After the 2019 European Parliament election,he lost his mandate until Brexit took place on 31 January 2020 and he received a new mandate for Austria. He has been the co-chair of the European Green Party together with Evelyne Huytebroeck since 10 November 2019. On 5th June 2022 he was reelected to the EGP Co-Chair together with the french senator Mélanie Vogel
The 2021 Graz local election was held on 26 September 2021 to elect the members of the Gemeinderat of Graz.
Ricarda Lang is a German politician who has been serving as co-leader of the Alliance 90/The Greens since January 2022,alongside Omid Nouripour. She has been a member of the Bundestag since 2021. Previously,she was co-deputy leader of the party and spokeswoman for women's policy from 2019 to 2021,and co-leader of the Green Youth from 2017 to 2019.
Max Lucks is a German politician of Alliance 90/The Greens who has been serving as a member of the Bundestag in the 20th Bundestag that has been elected in the German federal election on 26 September 2021. He was the spokesperson for Green Youth,the youth organisation of Alliance 90/The Greens,from October 2017 to November 2019.
The 2023 Carinthian state election was held in the Austrian state of Carinthia on 5 March 2023.
 | This article about an Austrian politician is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |