Alois Stöger
| Alois Stöger | |
|---|---|
| Minister for Health | |
| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office 2 December 2008 |
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| Chancellor | Werner Faymann |
| Preceded by | Andrea Kdolsky |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 3 September 1960 Linz, Austria |
| Political party | Sozialdemokratische Partei Österreichs |
| Profession | politician |
Alois Stöger (born September 3, 1960 in Linz) is an Austrian politician. Since December 2008, he has served as Minister for Health. Stöger is a member of the Sozialdemokratische Partei Österreichs (SPÖ) and has also served as Minister for Family and Youth.
Stöger attended elementary school in Allerheiligen between 1966 and 1971 and the Hauptschule ("High School") in Perg from 1971 to 1975. Afterwards he took an apprenticeship as a machinist and turner until 1979. Stöger worked from 1979 to 1986 as a craftsman in the Voest Alpine AG and became secretary of the union of Metall-Bergbau-Energie in the district of Gmunden in 1986. He passed the social academy of the Kammer für Arbeiter und Angestellte between 1986 and 1987 and completed training as a supervisor in 1982. Stöger also trained at the European Trade Union Academy and studied social practice at the Marc Bloch Universität in Strassbourg and Linz. In 2000 he finished his studies with the Diplômé des Hautes Etudes des Pratiques Sociales.
Since 1997, Stöger has been a member of the local council of Gallneukirchen and served as an alderman between 2003 and 2008. He was Kammerrat of the Kammer für Arbeiter und Angestellte in Upper Austria from 2000 to 2008 and served as a Minster for Health, Family and Youth between December 2, 2008 and January 1, 2009. Since February 1, 2009 he has been Minister for Health.
[edit] External links
- Biography, contact details and speeches since 1996 of Alois Stöger at the Parliament of Austria (German)
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