Leonore Gewessler becomes the new boss of the Greens. The party will take a generation change next Sunday. “You will do that very well,” said the outgoing Greensbaas Werner Kogler convinced.
During a federal congress in Vienna, Leonore Gewessler (47) is confronted with the elections such as the federal spokeswoman and therefore the successor of Werner Kogler, who withdraws over his mandate in the National Council. There are no opposing candidates, the party leaders are closed behind the former Minister of Climate Protection.
“The government is all the goal”
Kogler keeps large pieces on his designated successor. For the task, she has the necessary enforcement and willpower, but also acts very carefully, he referred to the climaticological, which was caught by the former climate protection minister. “She has a heart for her beliefs. This is the essence in politics, and that will do that very well,” Kogler emphasized. They both stand for constructive opposition policy. “But the rule is the goal,” he looked in the future.
Green Veteran resigns
Kogler (63), already one of the founders of the party in the 1980s, initially took over the Greens interimistic after the election debacle 2017. From the autumn of 2018, he acted as the chosen federal spokesperson, the party brought to the National Council in 2019 and successfully negotiated a government coalition with the EVP. In 2022 he was again chosen as party leadership.
Kogler’s styric fellow countryman Gewessler was also part of the Green Government team. As a controversial climate protection minister, she quickly took the party for herself. With the CO₂ price and the climate bonus, the climate, the EU renature against the will of the ÖVP or the rejection of highway projects, she pushed them to some political opponents, but acted as a much -praised figure of integration. De Groenen lost considerably in the elections of the National Council in the previous year, and the government participation was also over. In April 2025 they then gave the transfer of Kogler to Gewessler on Rail and Kewessler announced their application.
Election of the board
Six new members of the Federal Executive Board – including the financial officer, are also chosen at the Federal Congress. Former justice Minister Alma Zadić, Barbara Neßler, Franz Klug, Helga Kraus, Peter Kraus, Stefan Keder and the position as finance officer Bernhard Seitz Run for the Federal Board. All these functions are chosen for three years. 265 Delegates have the right to vote.
Source: Krone
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