Vienna ÖVP Nominates Trio as Figl Deputies

The Vienna ÖVP has made further personnel decisions: In a committee meeting on Thursday, Elisabeth Olischar, Daniel Resch, and Johanna Zinkl were nominated as deputies of the designated state party chairman Markus Figl. The party announced this on Thursday evening. Figl and his team will be officially elected at a turquoise state party conference on September 27.

Three instead of five deputies

The presidency of the city VP will thus be significantly reduced. Under the previous chairman Karl Mahrer, club chairman Harald Zierfuß, councilors Olischar, Caroline Hungerländer, and Ingrid Korosec, as well as the business association representative Margarete Kriz-Zwittkovits, served as deputies. Mahrer resigned after the defeat in the Vienna election in April, where the ÖVP again fell below the ten percent mark.

Subsequently, City District Chief Figl and Döbling District Chairman Daniel Resch vied for the position of party leader. Figl was able to prevail with a narrow majority in a lengthy meeting the day after the election.

Future of the Vienna ÖVP

The structural reorganization is to be completed with the state party conference. Figl also announced a "process for the substantive realignment of the party". The starting signal for this will be the party conference.

(APA/Red)

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