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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 (age 38)
Judenburg, Austria
Political partySocial Democratic Party
Alma materUniversity 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.[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]

Electoral history of Max Lercher
Election Electoral district Party Votes % Result
2010 state election[14] Upper Styria Social Democratic Party 761 0.80% Elected
2015 state election[15] Upper Styria Social Democratic Party 484 0.70% Elected
2019 legislative[16] Upper Styria Social Democratic Party 7,354 13.92% Elected
2019 legislative[17] Styria Social Democratic Party 1,966 1.49% Not elected
2019 legislative[18] Federal List Social Democratic Party 2,921 0.29% Not elected

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i "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. ^ a b c "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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