Stefan Petzner

Stefan Petzner (born 17 January 1981 in Laßnitz Murau, Styria ) is an Austrian politician who served until 2013 the Alliance for the Future of Austria ( AAF ). From 2008 until October 1, 2013, was a member of the AAF in the National Council and its deputy Parliamentary Group Leader.

Life

Petzner studied journalism at the University of Klagenfurt, the subject of his previously unfinished thesis is " The Power of Music on Udo Jürgens example. '"

Political career

At the University he became a spokesman for the - loose mandate - ring on Freiheitlicher students. In 2004, he was brought by Jörg Haider as a press spokesman and spin -Doctor of the party in the State Government of Carinthia. In addition Petzner practiced from 2006 to 2008 and from 2009 to 2011, the function of the executive state party umpire of the AAF Carinthia and was from 2008 to 2010 with a brief interruption Secretary General of the AAF and from June 2006 to October 2008 also deputy federal party chairman of the AAF.

As Alliance for the Future campaign manager Stefan Petzner headed the election campaigns of his party in the national elections in 2006 for the province of Carinthia, the national elections in 2008 nationwide, the EU elections in 2009 nationwide, as well as the Carinthian parliament elections in 2009. Petzner features also responsible for numerous campaigns for the AAF.

"We bring criminal aliens to a place where the seven dwarfs behind the seven mountains, which is appropriately secured so that they can anyone do something. "

After Haider's accidental death Petzner was nominated by the party executive of the AAF October 12, 2008 unanimously elected party leader. He argues for the independence of his party and against an association with the FPÖ. The first goal he called preventing a repeat of the red- black coalition in Austria.

Petzner was initially used as the only candidate for the position of club chairman in the National Council. After emotional statements and interviews in which he had referred Haider after his death, among other things as his " life people ", Petzner but fell into the internal party criticism. On October 22, 2008 Josef Bucher was unanimously elected chairman of the club in the sequence. Petzner said after the vote that he himself had proposed Bucher. Petzner was elected at the meeting one of the five deputy Bucher. On 19 November 2008, he resigned as managing AAF - chief, his successor to the Convention in the spring of 2009 was Herbert Scheibner. Petzner directed the state election campaign in 2009 in Carinthia, where the AAF was able to defend his position clearly.

Due to the elimination of members of the " Freedom Party in Carinthia " took place on January 30, 2010 at a founding convention in which the AAF was refounded in Carinthia. Josef Bucher has been chosen here for State Chairman and Stefan Petzner unanimously for managing State Chairman.

On 8 April 2010 Petzner resigned as Secretary General of the AAF, because he wanted to concentrate on his job as managing state party chairman of the AAF Carinthia. On 9 March 2011 he undertook as part of a diversion to a payment of 38,000 euros. He had published in 2007 in his capacity as spokesman of the former Governor of Carinthia Jörg Haider, the contents of a negative Bescheides for the Austrian citizenship illegally and thus violated the obligation of professional secrecy.

On 25 March 2011 Petzner resigned from the post of managing Carinthian Alliance for the Future state party bosses. The trigger was his behavior on the road, after he had been caught in the spring of 2011 twice while driving a motor vehicle without permission. The driver's license had been taken from him in December 2010 due to massive speeding. Petzner retained its National Council mandate, the new managing AAF - state party chairman was Sigisbert Dolinschek.

After Petzner and Wilhelm Korak had demanded the withdrawal of State Chairman Josef Bucher, both of which were excluded on October 1, 2013 because of " party -destructive behavior " from the AAF.

Brochures affair

On 5 November 2013, the Economic and corruption prosecutor brought against Petzner, Uwe tickler, Harald Dobernig and Gerhard Dörfler prosecution in the so-called " brochures affair " because of infidelity. The defendants are accused of a promotional brochure for the business location Carinthia in slightly modified form used as a campaign brochure of the AAF in the state elections of 2009. The damage is loud indictment amounted to 219,000 EUR. The indictment is not legally effective because of several defenders this was objected.

Others

At a meeting held on the Internet voting, the term " human life " was elected Austrian word of the year 2008.

The main character in David Schalkos Roman White Night is Stefan Petzner modeled. Petzner has the Czernin Verlag, in which the book was published in 2009, sued for alleged infringement of his personal rights. Petzner failed in the first instance with its lawsuit against the publisher. The Vienna Regional Criminal Court deemed the book as " fictional tale ." Contrast Petzner appealed, but failed in the second instance at the Higher Regional Court, Vienna.