Herbert Sausgruber
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Herbert Sausgruber (born July 24, 1946 in Bregenz) is governor of the Austrian state of Vorarlberg and chairman of the Vorarlberg ÖVP.
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[edit] Study and Job
After the Matura (general qualification for university entrance), Sausgruber he studied law and Catholic theology at the University of Innsbruck and become a member of the fraternity “AKV Tirolia”. He graduated in 1970 in jurisprudence. After a year working in a court he was admitted to the public service. First he served as the chief of the youth welfare office in the counties of Bludenz, Feldkirch and Bregenz. After 1975 he worked in the office of the government of Vorarlberg.
[edit] Family
Herbert Sausgruber is married to Ilga Sausgruber, has two sons and one daughter and lives in Höchst.
[edit] Political Career
From 1975 on, he was vestryman in Höchst, from 1978 on chief of the parish council. In 1979 he become a member of the Vorarlberg Landtag. In 1981 he become Klubobmann of the ÖVP in the Landtag, 1986 he became the chairman of the Vorarlberg ÖVP. In 1990, he became the vice governor of Vorarlberg and on April 2, 1997 the Landtag voted him in the post of the governor of the state.
[edit] External links
- Herbert Sausgrubers Website on the Site of the Vorarlberg Government
- Article about Sausgruber in the Austria Lexica of AEIO
This article incorporates text translated from the corresponding German Wikipedia article as of 29. June 2006.
