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Rainer Wimmer

Rainer Leopold Wimmer (born 10 August 1955) is an Austrian trade unionist, politician and former member of the National Council.[1] A member of the Social Democratic Party, he represented Upper Austria from December 1993 to November 1994, Traunviertel from November 1994 to October 2008 and the Federal List from October 2013 to November 2017 and from October 2018 to October 2024.

Rainer Wimmer
Wimmer in April 2014
Member of the National Council
In office
18 October 2018 – 23 October 2024
Preceded byWolfgang Katzian
ConstituencyFederal List
In office
29 October 2013 – 8 November 2017
ConstituencyFederal List
In office
7 November 1994 – 27 October 2008
ConstituencyTraunviertel
In office
1 December 1993 – 6 November 1994
Preceded byKarl Neuwirth
ConstituencyUpper Austria
Personal details
Born (1955-08-10) 10 August 1955 (age 69)
Hallstatt, Austria
Political partySocial Democratic Party

Wimmer was born on 10 August 1955 in Hallstatt.[1] He trained to be an electrician at a vocational school from 1970 to 1974.[1] He worked as an electrician for the salt mining company Salinen Austria from 1970 to 1983.[1][2] He was chairman of the works council at Salinen Austria in 1983 and chairman of its central works council from 1984 to 2010.[1][2] He was appointed to the board of the Union of Agriculture, Food and Allied Industries (ANG) in 1984 and served as its chairman from 2004 to 2006.[2][3] He was deputy federal chairman of the Metal-Textile-Food Union (GMTN) from 2006 to 2008.[2] He was a member of the Federal Executive Board of the Austrian Trade Union Federation (ÖGB) from 2003 to 2023 and a member of its board from 2009 to 2023.[1][2] He was federal chairman of the PRO-GE trade union from 2009 to 2023 and chairman of Social Democratic Trade Unionists (FSG) in the ÖGB from 2018 to 2023.[1][4]

Wimmer was a member of the municipal council in Hallstatt from 1985 and served as its mayor from April 1988 to 1993.[3][5] He was appointed to the National Council in December 1993 following the resignation of Karl Neuwirth.[6][7] He was not re-elected at the 2008 legislative election but was returned to the National Council at the 2013 legislative election. He was not re-elected at the 2017 legislative election but in October 2018 he was appointed to the National Council following the resignation of Wolfgang Katzian.[8][9]

Wimmer is married and has three children.[3]

Electoral history of Rainer Wimmer
Election Electoral district Party Votes % Result
1990 legislative[10] Upper Austria Social Democratic Party 9 0.00% Not elected
1990 legislative[11] Electoral Union West Social Democratic Party - - Not elected
1994 legislative[12] Traunviertel Social Democratic Party 4,576 8.14% Elected
1994 legislative[13] Upper Austria Social Democratic Party 702 0.25% Not elected
1994 legislative[14] Federal List Social Democratic Party - - Not elected
1995 legislative[15] Traunviertel Social Democratic Party 4,974 7.86% Elected
1995 legislative[16] Upper Austria Social Democratic Party 422 0.13% Not elected
1995 legislative[17] Federal List Social Democratic Party - - Not elected
1999 legislative[18] Traunviertel Social Democratic Party 4,564 8.45% Elected
1999 legislative[18] Upper Austria Social Democratic Party 467 0.17% Not elected
1999 legislative[19] Federal List Social Democratic Party - - Not elected
2002 legislative[20] Traunviertel Social Democratic Party 5,556 8.80% Elected
2002 legislative[21] Upper Austria Social Democratic Party 256 0.08% Not elected
2002 legislative[22] Federal List Social Democratic Party - - Not elected
2006 legislative[23] Traunviertel Social Democratic Party 4,641 7.77% Elected
2006 legislative[24] Upper Austria Social Democratic Party 240 0.08% Not elected
2006 legislative[25] Federal List Social Democratic Party - - Not elected
2008 legislative[26] Traunviertel Social Democratic Party 4,751 9.03% Not elected
2008 legislative[27] Upper Austria Social Democratic Party 848 0.32% Not elected
2008 legislative[28] Federal List Social Democratic Party - - Not elected
2013 legislative[29] Federal List Social Democratic Party 211 0.02% Elected
2017 legislative[30] Federal List Social Democratic Party 157 0.01% Not elected
2019 legislative[31] Federal List Social Democratic Party 993 0.10% Elected

References

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  2. ^ a b c d e "Rainer Wimmer" (in German). Vienna, Austria: Austrian Trade Union Federation. Archived from the original on 27 May 2024. Retrieved 4 November 2024.
  3. ^ a b c "Rainer Wimmer - Elektriker als kampferprobtes Metaller-Urgestein". Kleine Zeitung (in German). Graz, Austria. 6 February 2018. Archived from the original on 6 February 2018. Retrieved 4 November 2024.
  4. ^ Hierländer, Jeannine (21 June 2023). "Neue Köpfe an den Schalthebeln im ÖGB". Die Presse (in German). Vienna, Austria. Archived from the original on 7 December 2023. Retrieved 4 November 2024.
  5. ^ "Geschichte und Geografie: Landesgeschichte - Personen - Rainer Wimmer". Government of Upper Austria (in German). Linz, Austria: Upper Austrian State Archives. Archived from the original on 29 September 2024. Retrieved 4 November 2024.
  6. ^ "XVIII. Gesetzgebungsperiode: 139. Sitzung des Nationalrates der Republik Österreich - Dienstag, 30. November, und Mittwoch, 1. Dezember 1993" (PDF). Stenographisches Protokoll (in German). Vol. XVIII, no. 139. Vienna, Austria: National Council. 1 December 1993. p. 16140. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 December 2023. Retrieved 4 November 2024.
  7. ^ Index zu den Stenographischen Protokollen des Nationalrates und des Bundesrates für die Zeit der XVIII. Gesetzgebungsperiode des Nationalrates, das ist vom 5. November 1990 bis 6. November 1994 (PDF) (in German). Vienna, Austria: Austrian Parliament. 1996. p. 2003. Retrieved 4 November 2024.
  8. ^ "Nationalrat: Meinl-Reisinger und Wimmer angelobt". ORF (in German). Vienna, Austria. 18 October 2018. Archived from the original on 18 October 2018. Retrieved 4 November 2024.
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  12. ^ Nationalratswahl vom 9. Oktober 1994 (PDF) (in German). Vienna, Austria: Ministry of the Interior. 1995. p. 28. ISBN 3-7046-0713-4. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 November 2021. Retrieved 10 December 2021.
  13. ^ Nationalratswahl vom 9. Oktober 1994 (PDF) (in German). Vienna, Austria: Ministry of the Interior. 1995. p. 58. ISBN 3-7046-0713-4. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 November 2021. Retrieved 10 December 2021.
  14. ^ Nationalratswahl vom 9. Oktober 1994 (PDF) (in German). Vienna, Austria: Ministry of the Interior. 1995. p. 74. ISBN 3-7046-0713-4. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 November 2021. Retrieved 10 December 2021.
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  22. ^ "Bundeswahlbehörde: Verlautbarung" (PDF). Wiener Zeitung (in German). Vienna, Austria. 8 November 2002. p. 5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 October 2024. Retrieved 27 October 2024 – via Ministry of the Interior.
  23. ^ "Nationalratswahl 2006: Erzielte Vorzugstimmen auf Regionalwahlkreisebene" (PDF) (in German). Vienna, Austria: Ministry of the Interior. p. 24. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 June 2024. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
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