Klaus Köchl

Klaus Köchl
Member of the National Council
Incumbent
Assumed office 23 October 2019
Constituency	Carinthia
Member of the Carinthian Landtag
In office 24 April 2008 – 23 October 2019
Preceded by	Gerhard Mock
Succeeded by	Armin Geißler
Constituency	Carinthia East
Personal details
Born	(1961-11-28) 28 November 1961 (age 63) St. Veit an der Glan, Austria
Political party	Social Democratic Party

Klaus Köchl (born 28 November 1961) is an Austrian politician and member of the National Council.[1] A member of the Social Democratic Party, he has represented Carinthia since October 2019. He was a member of the Carinthian Landtag from April 2008 to October 2019.[2]

Köchl was born on 28 November 1961 in St. Veit an der Glan.[1] He trained to be an office clerk at a vocational school in St. Veit an der Glan.[1] He has worked as a carpentry supplies salesman and for Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB).[1] He has held various positions in the Liebenfels and St. Veit an der Glan District branches of the Social Democratic Party (SPÖ) since 1994.[1][3] He has been mayor of Liebenfels since 2003.[1] He was appointed to the Carinthian Landtag in April 2008 following the resignation of Gerhard Mock.[2][4] He was elected to the National Council at the 2019 legislative election.[1] He subsequently resigned from the Landtag in October 2019 and was replaced by Armin Geißler in Carinthia East electoral district.[5]

Köchl is in a civil partnership and has two children.[2]

Electoral history of Klaus Köchl

Election	Electoral district	Party		Votes	%	Result
2009 state[6]	Carinthia East		Social Democratic Party	1,176	3.98%	Elected
2013 state[7]	Carinthia East		Social Democratic Party	1,400	4.14%	Elected
2018 state[8]	Carinthia East		Social Democratic Party	3,462	9.08%	Elected
2019 legislative[9]	Carinthia East		Social Democratic Party	2,924	12.43%	Not elected
2019 legislative[10]	Carinthia		Social Democratic Party	447	0.55%	Elected

References

1. "Recherchieren: Personen - Klaus Köchl" (in German). Vienna, Austria: Austrian Parliament. Archived from the original on 9 October 2024. Retrieved 22 October 2024.
2. "Landtag: Politisches - Klaus Köchl" (in German). Klagenfurt, Austria: Carinthian Landtag. Archived from the original on 31 October 2019.
3. "BereichssprecherInnen: Klaus Köchl" (in German). Vienna, Austria: Social Democratic Party of Austria. Retrieved 22 October 2024.
4. "58. Sitzung des Kärntner Landtages – 29. Gesetzgebungsperiode - Donnerstag, 24. April 2008". Stenographisches Protokoll (in German). Vol. 29, no. 58. Eisenstadt, Austria: Carinthian Landtag. 24 April 2008. p. 5380. Archived from the original on 19 March 2022. Retrieved 22 October 2024.
5. "22. Sitzung des Kärntner Landtages – 32. Gesetzgebungsperiode - Donnerstag, 24. Oktober 2019" (PDF). Stenographisches Protokoll (in German). Vol. 32, no. 22. Eisenstadt, Austria: Carinthian Landtag. 24 October 2019. p. 2255. Archived from the original on 19 March 2022. Retrieved 22 October 2024.
6. "DIE LANDTAGSWAHLEN am 1. März 2009 Hauptergebnisse für Kärnten" (PDF) (in German). Klagenfurt, Austria: State Office for Statistics, Government of Carinthia. March 2009. p. 81. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 February 2022. Retrieved 22 October 2024.
7. "DIE LANDTAGSWAHLEN am 3. März 2013 Hauptergebnisse für Kärnten" (PDF) (in German). Klagenfurt, Austria: State Office for Statistics, Government of Carinthia. March 2013. p. 85. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 February 2022. Retrieved 22 October 2024.
8. "DIE LANDTAGSWAHLEN am 4. März 2018 Hauptergebnisse für Kärnten" (PDF) (in German). Klagenfurt, Austria: State Office for Statistics, Government of Carinthia. May 2018. p. 83. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 February 2022. Retrieved 22 October 2024.
9. "Nationalratswahl 2019: Broschüre Landeswahlvorschläge" (PDF) (in German). Vienna, Austria: Ministry of the Interior. p. 10. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 February 2024. Retrieved 13 July 2024.
10. "Nationalratswahl 2019: Broschüre Landeswahlvorschläge" (PDF) (in German). Vienna, Austria: Ministry of the Interior. p. 4. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 February 2024. Retrieved 13 July 2024.

External links

Meine Abgeordneten: Klaus Köchl