Max Lercher Explained

Max Lercher
Office1:Member of the National Council
Constituency1:Upper Styria
Term Start1:23 October 2019
Term End1:23 October 2024
Office2:Member of the Landtag Styria
Constituency2:Upper Styria
Term Start2:21 October 2010
Term End2:12 September 2018
Successor2:Wolfgang Moitzi
Birth Date:24 September 1986
Birth Place:Judenburg, Austria
Party:Social Democratic Party
Alma Mater:University of Vienna

Maximilian Lercher (born 24 September 1986) is an Austrian politician and former member of the National Council.[1] A member of the Social Democratic Party, he represented Upper Styria from October 2019 to October 2024. He was a member of the Landtag Styria from October 2010 to September 2018.

Lercher was born on 24 September 1986 in Judenburg.[1] [2] He is the son of a bus driver and a post office manager.[3] He has a Bachelor's of Arts degree in political science from the University of Vienna.[1] [3] He was the Social Democratic Party (SPÖ)'s State Managing Director in Styria from 2014 to 2018 and the SPÖ's Federal Managing Director from 2018 to 2019.[1] [4] He was managing director of Leykam Medien AG, a company controlled by the SPÖ in Styria, from 2019 to 2023.[1] [5] In October 2019 the right wing Österreich newspaper claimed that Lercher had been given a three-year consulting contract with SPÖ at €20,000 per month but in fact the contract was between SPÖ and Leykam and Lercher's salary for being MD of Leykam was only €6,000 per month.[6] [7] In September 2023 he was appointed head of the Dr. Karl Renner Institute's state office in Burgenland.[8] [9]

Lercher was chairman of the Socialist Youth Austria (SJ)'s Styrian branch from 2008 to 2013.[1] He has held various positions on the Upper Styria West and Styrian branches of the SPÖ as well as its federal executive.[1] He was elected to the Landtag Styria at the 2010 state election.[1] [3] He resigned from the Landtag in September 2018 and was replaced by Wolfgang Moitzi.[10] [11] [12] He was elected to the National Council at the 2019 legislative election.[1] In September 2023 Lercher announced that he would not be seeking re-election.[13]

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Electoral districtscope=col colspan="2"Partyscope=colVotesscope=col%scope=colResult
2010 state election[14] Upper Styria 0.80% Elected
2015 state election[15] Upper Styria 0.70% Elected
2019 legislative[16] 13.92% Elected
2019 legislative[17] Styria 1.49% Not elected
2019 legislative[18] Federal List 0.29% Not elected

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Recherchieren: Personen - Maximilian Lercher . . 31 October 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240929200544/https://www.parlament.gv.at/person/5642 . 29 September 2024 . Vienna, Austria . de.
  2. News: Burgstaller . Katrin . "Das war irgendwie total heavy" . 3 November 2024 . . 16 February 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240716144734/https://www.derstandard.at/story/1297818138350/das-war-irgendwie-total-heavy . 16 July 2024 . Vienna, Austria . de.
  3. Weniger starre Partei, mehr lebendige Bewegung . Journal Graz . April 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181129225351/http://journalgraz.at/index.php/zoo/2-ausgabe-april-2014/file . 29 November 2018 . Graz, Austria . 8-9 . de.
  4. News: SPÖ wählt Lercher zum Bundesgeschäftsführer . 3 November 2024 . . 21 December 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240929200603/https://steiermark.orf.at/v2/news/stories/2885288/ . 29 September 2024 . Vienna, Austria . de.
  5. News: Max Lercher wird Leykam-Chef . 31 October 2024 . . 1 February 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200304074504/https://steiermark.orf.at/v2/news/stories/2962014/ . 4 March 2020 . Vienna, Austria . de.
  6. News: 20.000-Euro-Vertrag für Partei-Rebell . 3 November 2024 . . 18 October 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240702171909/https://www.oe24.at/oesterreich/politik/20-000-euro-vertrag-fuer-partei-rebell/402370756 . 2 July 2024 . Vienna, Austria . de.
  7. News: Anders . Theo . Völker . Michael . Rote Ränkespiele um Beratungsverträge . 3 November 2024 . . 21 October 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220524131820/https://www.derstandard.at/story/2000110153857/rote-raenkespiele-um-beratungsvertraege . 24 May 2022 . Vienna, Austria . de.
  8. News: SPÖ-Abgeordneter Max Lercher wechselt ins Burgenland . 3 November 2024 . . 11 September 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231024140840/https://www.kleinezeitung.at/politik/6321462/Doskozil-baut-Landespartei-um_SPOeAbgeordneter-Max-Lercher . 24 October 2023 . Graz, Austria . de.
  9. Web site: Landesstellen: Max Lercher . Dr.-Karl-Renner-Institut . 3 November 2024 . Vienna, Austria . de.
  10. 41. Sitzung des Landtages Steiermark – XVII. Gesetzgebungsperiode - 18. September 2018 . Stenografischer Bericht . 18 September 2018 . XVII . 41 . 7357 . 31 October 2024 . . https://web.archive.org/web/20220327052855/https://www.landtag.steiermark.at/cms/dokumente/12468665_122780341/d409c1ed/41_Stenografisches_Protokoll.pdf . 27 March 2022 . Eisenstadt, Austria . de.
  11. News: SPÖ: Wolfgang Moitzi bekommt Landtagsmandat . 31 October 2024 . . 28 August 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240929200542/https://steiermark.orf.at/v2/news/stories/2932668/ . 29 September 2024 . Vienna, Austria . de.
  12. News: Rossacher . Thomas . Sozialhilfeverbände: Schützenhöfer für Reform-Gespräche . 31 October 2024 . . 18 September 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191023091401/https://www.kleinezeitung.at/steiermark/graz/5497712/Steirischer-Landtag_Sozialhilfeverbaende_Schuetzenhoefer-fuer . 23 October 2019 . Graz, Austria . de.
  13. News: Max Lercher gibt auf Facebook Rückzug aus der Bundespolitik bekannt . 3 November 2024 . . 1 September 2023 . Vienna, Austria . de.
  14. Web site: Vorzugsstimmen Landtagswahl 20 . Government of Styria . 31 October 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240720073051/https://www.verwaltung.steiermark.at/cms/dokumente/11684565_74837281/0a3517f0/Vorzugsstimmen_Steiermark_gesamt.pdf . 20 July 2024 . Graz, Austria . 22 . de . 6 October 2010.
  15. Web site: Vorzugsstimmen Landtagswahl 2015 . Government of Styria . 31 October 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240420201909/https://www.verwaltung.steiermark.at/cms/dokumente/12224474_74836525/0313e7b1/Vorzugsstimmen%20Wahlkreis%204.pdf . 20 April 2024 . Graz, Austria . 1 . de . 2 June 2015.
  16. Web site: Nationalratswahl 2019: Broschüre Landeswahlvorschläge . . 13 July 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240225011649/https://www.bmi.gv.at/412/Nationalratswahlen/Nationalratswahl_2019/files/NRW19_Vorzugsstimmen_Landes_Regionalparteiliste_16102019.pdf . 25 February 2024 . Vienna, Austria . 44 . de.
  17. Web site: Nationalratswahl 2019: Broschüre Landeswahlvorschläge . . 13 July 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240225011649/https://www.bmi.gv.at/412/Nationalratswahlen/Nationalratswahl_2019/files/NRW19_Vorzugsstimmen_Landes_Regionalparteiliste_16102019.pdf . 25 February 2024 . Vienna, Austria . 38 . de.
  18. Web site: Nationalratswahl 2019: Broschüre Bundeswahlvorschläge . . 23 October 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240817201029/https://www.bmi.gv.at/412/Nationalratswahlen/Nationalratswahl_2019/files/NRW19_Vorzugsstimmen_bundesweit_16102019.pdf . 17 August 2024 . Vienna, Austria . 4 . de.

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