Yannick Shetty Takes Over as NEOS Club Leader

The NEOS have a new club chairman. In a club meeting on Thursday, the member of parliament Yannick Shetty was unanimously elected as the successor to the new Foreign Minister Beate Meinl-Reisinger. The 29-year-old will be supported in the future by the presidency of the parliamentary club, consisting of his deputies, the members of parliament Stephanie Krisper, Martina von Künsberg Sarre, and Nikolaus Scherak, as well as financial officer Markus Hofer, as announced by the NEOS in a press release.

NEOS Now with Shetty as Club Leader

Shetty recently served in the parliamentary club as spokesperson for integration, migration, asylum, internal security, and education. He also led the NEOS in two investigative committees as the faction leader. The newly appointed club leader expressed his gratitude for the trust in a press release. Meinl-Reisinger congratulated Shetty, stating that he will ensure the NEOS' "reform and control power" in parliament.

Shetty was born on April 26, 1995, as the son of an Indian father and an Austrian mother with Korean roots in Vienna, and he grew up in Innsbruck. In 2013, he graduated from the Academic Gymnasium Innsbruck and joined the newly founded NEOS party in the same year. The law graduate entered the Austrian National Council for the first time on October 23, 2019, as the youngest member of parliament.

In the Social Democrats, Philip Kucher takes over from the current Vice Chancellor Andreas Babler, with Julia Herr becoming the deputy. Kucher had already served as acting club chairman in 2023 and 2024. After the national council election, Babler took over in October of the previous year, and Kucher has been the deputy since then. In the club assembly on Thursday, he was elected as the new chairman with 97.7 percent of the vote, according to a press release. Herr, as deputy, received 95.5 percent. The club presidency also includes Karin Greiner, Jan Krainer, Sabine Schatz, and Rudolf Silvan from the National Council, as well as Elisabeth Grimling and Stefan Schennach from the Federal Council. The third National Council President Doris Bures, Federal Managing Director Klaus Seltenheim, and the club directors are also involved.

In the ÖVP, the club chairmanship has been established for some time, with August Wöginger being unanimously elected on January 21. He took over from former Chancellor Karl Nehammer. Wöginger has held the position - with interruptions - since 2017.

(APA/Red)

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