Douglas Hoyos Explained

Douglas Hoyos-Trauttmansdorff
Office:General-Secretary of NEOS – The New Austria
Term Start:1 August 2021
Predecessor:Nikola Donig
Office1:Member of the National Council
Term Start1:9 November 2017
Constituency1:Federal list
Office2:President of the JUNOS – Young liberal NEOS
Term Start2:2014
Term End2:2 November 2019
Predecessor2:Nikolaus Scherak
Successor2:Anna Stürgkh
Birth Date:8 September 1990
Birth Place:Klagenfurt, Austria
Party:NEOS – The New Austria

Douglas Hoyos-Trauttmansdorff (pronounced as /de/; born 8 September 1990) is an Austrian politician of NEOS – The New Austria. He has served as a member of the National Council since 2017 and general-secretary of NEOS since 2021. Previously, he was president of the party's youth branch, JUNOS – Young liberal NEOS, from 2014 to 2019.[1]

Biography

Born into an ancient House of Hoyos, Douglas Hoyos-Trauttmansdorff is the eldest son of Austrian Count Rudolf Hoyos, Freiherr zu Stichsenstein (b. 1968) and his wife, Countess Franziska von Goëss (b. 1968).[2] He studied economics at the Vienna University of Economics from 2010.[3] Before 2017, he worked as a project manager at NEOS and a forestry company.[4]

In 2012, Hoyos was elected as General-Secretary of JuLis – Young Liberals Austria, a liberal youth organisation. He played a leading role in the integration of JuLis as the official youth branch of NEOS. In 2014, he was elected president of JuLis, now renamed as JUNOS – Young liberal NEOS. He left office in 2019.[1]

He was elected to the National Council on the NEOS federal list in the 2017 federal election. In 2021, he was elected general-secretary of NEOS.[5]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Douglas Hoyos-Trauttmansdorff. 6 October 2021. 10 November 2021. de. National Council.
  2. https://www.genealogics.org/getperson.php?personID=I00414711&tree=LEO
  3. https://www.parlament.gv.at/WWER/PAD_02343/index.shtml Douglas Hoyos-Trauttmansdorff at www.parlament.gv (ger)
  4. https://parlament.neos.eu/abgeordnete/douglas-hoyos NEOS, Douglas Hoyos, Biography (ger)
  5. Web site: Meinl-Reisinger re-elected as Neos chairwoman. 19 June 2021. de. Die Presse.