The former state chairman of the ÖGB in Tyrol, Philip Wohlgemuth, was elected and sworn in as first deputy state governor on Thursday. He takes over the role from the retiring SPÖ leader Georg Dornauer.
Now it’s official! Philip Wohlgemuth, acting SPÖ leader and former state chairman of the Austrian Trade Union Confederation (ÖGB), is the first deputy governor of Tyrol. He was elected to the state parliament on Thursday and takes over the position of the previous LHStv Georg Dornauer in the black-red state government.
In a secret ballot, 23 MPs voted for the 37-year-old – two more than the coalition majority. Wohlgemuth accepted the election and was sworn in by LH Anton Mattle.
He thus replaces the previous incumbent Georg Dornauer. As already extensively reported, he took off his hat after a hunting trip with René Benko. Dornauer remains a member of the state parliament and took his seat on the bench on Thursday.
Wohlgemuth takes on the agendas of sports, integration, housing support and real estate. He will resign from his position at the ÖGB on Thursday. State Director Benjamin Praxmarer looks back on the developments with a smile and a tear: “Philip Wohlgemuth has achieved an enormous amount for the trade union movement and employees in Tyrol. He has had a major impact on the association over the past seven years, for which I would like to thank him enormously. However, I am pleased that he now brings this knowledge as first deputy state governor and will be a strong voice for workers’ concerns!”
37-year-old Wohlgemuth from Innsbruck is a trained hotel clerk and initially volunteered as state youth chairman of the then HGPD union (later the Vida union). In 2007 he moved to full-time work and became State Secretary for Youth of the ÖGB Tirol. In 2013 he took over state management. He will be succeeded in this position by Emanuel Straka.
Source: Krone
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