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Max Lercher

Maximilian Lercher is an Austrian politician and former member of the National Council. 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.

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Max Lercher
Lercher in December 2017
Member of the National Council
In office
23 October 2019 – 23 October 2024
ConstituencyUpper Styria
Member of the Landtag Styria
In office
21 October 2010 – 12 September 2018
Succeeded byWolfgang Moitzi
ConstituencyUpper Styria
Personal details
Born (1986-09-24) 24 September 1986
Judenburg, Austria
PartySocial Democratic Party
University of Vienna
Websitemax-lercher.at

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.12 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.13 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 2019.14 He was managing director of Leykam Medien AG, a company controlled by the SPÖ in Styria, from 2019 to 2023.15 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.67 In September 2023 he was appointed head of the Dr. Karl Renner Institute's state office in Burgenland.89

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.13 He resigned from the Landtag in September 2018 and was replaced by Wolfgang Moitzi.101112 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

Electoral history of Max Lercher
Election Electoral district Party Votes % Result
2010 state election14 Upper Styria Social Democratic Party 761 0.80% Elected
2015 state election15 Upper Styria Social Democratic Party 484 0.70% Elected
2019 legislative16 Upper Styria Social Democratic Party 7,354 13.92% Elected
2019 legislative17 Styria Social Democratic Party 1,966 1.49% Not elected
2019 legislative18 Federal List Social Democratic Party 2,921 0.29% Not elected
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References

  1. "Recherchieren: Personen - Maximilian Lercher" (in German). Vienna, Austria: Austrian Parliament. Archived from the original on 29 September 2024. Retrieved 31 October 2024.
  2. Burgstaller, Katrin (16 February 2011). ""Das war irgendwie total heavy"". Der Standard (in German). Vienna, Austria. Archived from the original on 16 July 2024. Retrieved 3 November 2024.
  3. "Weniger starre Partei, mehr lebendige Bewegung". Journal Graz (in German). Graz, Austria. April 2014. pp. 8–9. Archived from the original on 29 November 2018.
  4. "SPÖ wählt Lercher zum Bundesgeschäftsführer". ORF (in German). Vienna, Austria. 21 December 2017. Archived from the original on 29 September 2024. Retrieved 3 November 2024.
  5. "Max Lercher wird Leykam-Chef". ORF (in German). Vienna, Austria. 1 February 2019. Archived from the original on 4 March 2020. Retrieved 31 October 2024.
  6. "20.000-Euro-Vertrag für Partei-Rebell". Österreich (in German). Vienna, Austria. 18 October 2019. Archived from the original on 2 July 2024. Retrieved 3 November 2024.
  7. Anders, Theo; Völker, Michael (21 October 2019). "Rote Ränkespiele um Beratungsverträge". Der Standard (in German). Vienna, Austria. Archived from the original on 24 May 2022. Retrieved 3 November 2024.
  8. "SPÖ-Abgeordneter Max Lercher wechselt ins Burgenland". Kleine Zeitung (in German). Graz, Austria. 11 September 2023. Archived from the original on 24 October 2023. Retrieved 3 November 2024.
  9. "Landesstellen: Max Lercher" (in German). Vienna, Austria: Dr.-Karl-Renner-Institut. Retrieved 3 November 2024.
  10. "41. Sitzung des Landtages Steiermark – XVII. Gesetzgebungsperiode - 18. September 2018" (PDF). Stenografischer Bericht (in German). Vol. XVII, no. 41. Eisenstadt, Austria: Landtag Styria. 18 September 2018. p. 7357. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 March 2022. Retrieved 31 October 2024.
  11. "SPÖ: Wolfgang Moitzi bekommt Landtagsmandat". ORF (in German). Vienna, Austria. 28 August 2018. Archived from the original on 29 September 2024. Retrieved 31 October 2024.
  12. Rossacher, Thomas (18 September 2018). "Sozialhilfeverbände: Schützenhöfer für Reform-Gespräche". Kleine Zeitung (in German). Graz, Austria. Archived from the original on 23 October 2019. Retrieved 31 October 2024.
  13. "Max Lercher gibt auf Facebook Rückzug aus der Bundespolitik bekannt". Kurier (in German). Vienna, Austria. 1 September 2023. Retrieved 3 November 2024.
  14. "Vorzugsstimmen Landtagswahl 20" (PDF) (in German). Graz, Austria: Government of Styria. 6 October 2010. p. 22. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 July 2024. Retrieved 31 October 2024.
  15. "Vorzugsstimmen Landtagswahl 2015" (PDF) (in German). Graz, Austria: Government of Styria. 2 June 2015. p. 1. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 April 2024. Retrieved 31 October 2024.
  16. "Nationalratswahl 2019: Broschüre Landeswahlvorschläge" (PDF) (in German). Vienna, Austria: Ministry of the Interior. p. 44. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 February 2024. Retrieved 13 July 2024.
  17. "Nationalratswahl 2019: Broschüre Landeswahlvorschläge" (PDF) (in German). Vienna, Austria: Ministry of the Interior. p. 38. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 February 2024. Retrieved 13 July 2024.
  18. "Nationalratswahl 2019: Broschüre Bundeswahlvorschläge" (PDF) (in German). Vienna, Austria: Ministry of the Interior. p. 4. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 August 2024. Retrieved 23 October 2024.
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