- Herbert Sausgruber
Herbert Sausgruber (born
July 24 ,1946 inBregenz ) isgovernor of the Austrian state ofVorarlberg and chairman of the Vorarlberg ÖVP.Study and Job
After the "Matura" (general qualification for university entrance), Sausgruber he studied law and Catholic theology at the University of
Innsbruck and become a member of the fraternity “"AKV Tirolia"”. He graduated in 1970 injurisprudence . After a year working in a court he was admitted to the public service. First he served as the chief of the youth welfare office in the counties of Bludenz, Feldkirch and Bregenz. After 1975 he worked in the office of the government of Vorarlberg.Family
Herbert Sausgruber is married to Ilga Sausgruber, has two sons and one daughter and lives in
Höchst .Political career
From 1975 on, he was
vestryman in Höchst, from 1978 on chief of the parish council. In 1979 he become a member of the VorarlbergLandtag . In 1981 he become "Klubobmann" of the ÖVP in the Landtag, 1986 he became the chairman of the Vorarlberg ÖVP. In 1990, he became the vice governor of Vorarlberg and onApril 2 ,1997 the Landtag voted him in the post of the governor of the state.External links
* [http://www.vorarlberg.at/vorarlberg/land_politik/politik/landesregierung/mitgliederderlandesregier/drherbertsausgruber.htm Herbert Sausgrubers Website on the Site of the Vorarlberg Government]
* [http://www.aeiou.at/aeiou.encyclop.s/s139907.htm Article about Sausgruber in the Austria Lexica of AEIO]
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