ÖVP Federal Party Congress Elects Stocker as ÖVP Leader
In the Arena Nova in Wiener Neustadt, the hometown of Federal Chancellor Christian Stocker, he will be elected by the delegates for the first time at the 41st ordinary federal party conference. So far, Stocker has only acted as the acting chairman.
Stocker Election at ÖVP Federal Party Conference with Former Party Leaders
In addition to his direct predecessor Karl Nehammer, all party leaders of the last thirty years have announced their attendance, with the exception of Reinhold Mitterlehner. Therefore, Sebastian Kurz, Michael Spindelegger, Josef Pröll, Wilhelm Molterer, and Wolfgang Schüssel are expected to attend, as well as the twice interim chancellor Alexander Schallenberg. Besides Stocker, speeches are expected from Nehammer, Secretary General Nico Marchetti, and Club Chairman August Wöginger. In total, around 1,500 to 1,600 guests will attend the party conference starting at 1 PM, about a third of whom are eligible delegates. About half of them are women.
ÖVP Elects Three Female Deputies and One Male Deputy for Stocker
Additionally, three female deputies and one male deputy of the federal party chairman will be elected. These are the future governor of Salzburg, Karoline Edtstadler, EU parliamentarian Sophia Kircher, the Vorarlberg club chairwoman Veronika Marte, and Upper Austria's governor Thomas Stelzer. The latter two have already been deputy chairpersons before. Barbara Eibinger-Miedl, currently also a deputy, did not stand for re-election. She wants to focus entirely on her role as Secretary of State for Finance, according to the ÖVP.
Apart from the ballot papers - in a secret ballot, the chairman, his deputies, and the federal finance officer will be elected - no paper will be distributed at the party conference. The federal control committee, the federal party court, the federal finance auditor, and some commissions will be elected by a show of hands. There will be no motions.
The party conference is marked by the 80th anniversary of the People's Party, founded in 1945. The ÖVP's Campus Tivoli (formerly Political Academy, Polak) is organizing an exhibition in a foyer, with life-size cardboard figures of all chairmen.
Nehammer's Election Result for Stocker at ÖVP Federal Party Conference Unbeatable
Stocker cannot surpass the election result of his predecessor. Nehammer, who resigned after the failed initial negotiations for a three-party coalition, was elected party leader with 100 percent of the votes at an extraordinary party conference in 2022. In general, ÖVP leaders traditionally receive rather high results in their first chairman elections. Kurz was elected in 2017 with 98.7 percent, Mitterlehner in 2014 with 99.1 percent.
(APA/Red)
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