Alexander Bernhuber
Alexander Bernhuber | |
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| Member of the European Parliament for Austria | |
| Assumed office 2 July 2019[1][2] | |
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| Born | 18 May 1992 |
| Nationality | Austrian |
| Party | Austrian People's Party (ÖVP) |
Alexander Bernhuber (born 18 May 1992) is an Austrian politician of the Austrian People's Party (ÖVP) who was elected as a Member of the European Parliament in 2019.[3]
Early life and education
[edit]Bernhuber completed his studies at the Francisco Josephinum Federal Higher Education and Research Institute in Wieselburg in July 2011. He earned a bachelor's degree in agricultural sciences in 2015 and a master's degree in crop science in 2018 from the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences in Vienna.
He also completed his military service between October 2013 and April 2014.[4]
Career
[edit]Since 2016, Bernhuber has been an Austrian delegate to the European Council of Young Farmers (CEJA). From November 2017 till November 2018 he was the Deputy Federal Director of the Austrian Rural Youth Organisation.[5]
Bernhuber runs a farm with crops and beef cattle in Lower Austria [6] In addition to his work as a farmer, he worked as an agricultural policy consultant in the Lower Austrian Farmers' Union.[7]
Since becoming a Member of the European Parliament, Bernhuber has been serving on the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety; the Committee on Petitions and the Committee on Culture and Education. In addition to his committee assignments, he is part of the European Parliament Intergroup on Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs).[8]
He is active in the environmental field and has published a booklet called the Austrian Green Deal, which focuses on the implementation of the European Green Deal in Austria.[9]
References
[edit]- ^ "Key dates ahead". European Parliament. 20 May 2017. Archived from the original on 25 May 2019. Retrieved 28 May 2019.
- ^ "Key dates ahead". BBC News. 22 May 2017. Archived from the original on 26 May 2019. Retrieved 28 May 2019.
- ^ "Die Neuen im EU-Parlament: EU-Wahl: Strache müsste bis 2. Juli auf Mandat verzichten". www.kleinezeitung.at (in German). 28 May 2019. Archived from the original on 11 December 2020. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
- ^ "Bernhuber Alexander, Dipl.-Ing. | Parlament Österreich". www.parlament.gv.at (in German). Retrieved 23 December 2025.
- ^ "Curriculum vitae | Alexander BERNHUBER | MEPs | European Parliament". 18 May 1992.
- ^ "Über mich". Archived from the original on 17 January 2022. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
- ^ "Startseite". noebauernbund.at. Archived from the original on 16 March 2024. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
- ^ Intergroup on Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs) Archived 13 November 2022 at the Wayback Machine European Parliament.
- ^ "Austrian Green Deal". Archived from the original on 18 January 2022. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
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