Franz Voves
Franz Voves (born 28 February 1953 in Graz, Styria, Austria) is an Austrian politician of the SPÖ and a former player in the Austrian ice hockey national team. Since 25 October 2005 he has been governor of Styria (Landeshauptmann der Steiermark). 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 SPÖ Styria (Steiermark).
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
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
Political career
Since 1995, Voves has been a member of the board of the SPÖ in Styria. On 2 March 2002, he became president of the SPÖ Styria and on 12 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 25 October 2005, 45 of the 56 members of the Styrian federal state parliament (Landtag) voted him governor of Styria.
External links
- This article incorporates information from the revision as of 29 June 2006 of the equivalent article on the German Wikipedia.
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