Franz Voves

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Franv Voves (born February, 28th 1953 in Graz, Styria) is an Austrian politician of the SPÖ and a former player in the Austrian national ice hockey national team. He was vice-governor of Styria from March 12th 2002 to October 24th 2005. Since March, 2nd 2002 he is the chairman of the SPÖ Styria and since October 25th 2005, Governor of Styria.

1 Personal life
2 Sporting career
3 Vocational career
4 Political career
5 External links

[edit] Personal life

Voves' father was a labourer and, until 1981, part of the municipal council of Graz (for the KPÖ); his mother was a housewive. He has three siblings, two brothers and one sister. He lives with his second wifeand a daughter from his first marriage. His current wife also has a son from her first marriage.

[edit] Sporting career

1967–1977: Centre for ATSE Graz
1975: Austrian Ice Hockey Champion with ATSE Graz
1970–1977: 75 games in the Austrian Ice Hockey National Team, participation in 7 Ice Hockey World Championships and the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck
Since 1995: president of the ASKÖ-Styria und vice president of the national ASKÖ-Association

[edit] Vocational career

1972–1978: studies of social science and economics
1978: trained as a tax advisor
1979–present: in the Merkur Versicherung AG
1989–2002: Merkur board member, responsible for the financial sector

[edit] Political career

Since 1995, Voves has been a member of the board of the SPÖ in Styria. On the 2nd of March 2002, he became president of the SPÖ Styria and on the 12th of March he became vice-governor of Styria. In the 2005 elections for the Styrian government, Voves and his party got a majority with 41% of the votes, which was the first time since the Second World War that the SPÖ got a majority in an Austrian state election. On the 25nd of October 2005, 45 of the 56 members of the Styrian Landtag voted him governor of Styria.