Former Minister of Environment Leonore Gewessler (Greens) has no opponents of candidates in the elections as the new leader of Green Party. The choice for Werner Kogler’s successor will be held at the Federal Congress at the end of June.
The party said that by the end of the Deadline application no further candidates had been received on Sunday. After leaving the federal government, the Greens want to reorganize themselves at their federal congress on 29 June.
The previous federal spokesperson Werner Kogler announced last year that he wanted to hand in party leadership. His styric fellow countryman who was a favorite for the successor for a long time. At the beginning of April, the 47-year-old former environmental activist threw her hat in the ring and visited the federal states in recent weeks.
No more secretariat
However, Olga Voglauer has to release its position as Secretary General. There is no general secretariat intended for the new start in the opposition, said it in a broadcast. “With the election of the new federal administration, the mandate of the General Secretariat also ends,” the party said. In the future, Voglauer will fully concentrate on Carinthia and their duties as a member of the National Council.
The Secretary-General manages the ECO party until March since 2023. Voglauer also gave criticism within the party with its crisis management in the EU election campaign after accusations against top candidate Lena Schilling when the Spös took “Silberstein-Methoden”. With his departure, the General Secretariat, which was set up two years ago, will be abolished again. Earlier, between 2019 and 2020 with Thimo Fiesel, there was a general secretary for a short time.
Election of the Federal Council
In addition to party leadership, six new members of the Federal Board will also be chosen on the Green Federal Congress – including the financial officer. Former justice Minister Alma Zadic, Barbara Neßler, Franz Klug, Helga Kraus, Peter Kraus, Stefan Kainer and for the position as finance officer Bernhard Seitz ran for the Federal Board. These functions are also chosen for three years. At the federal congress in Messe Vienna, 265 delegates have the right to vote.
Source: Krone
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