Günther Ruprecht: New Vice President of the Federal Council from July 2025!

Günther Ruprecht: New Vice President of the Federal Council from July 2025!

Graz, Österreich - On July 1, 2025, Günther Ruprecht from Styria becomes the new Vice President of the Austrian Federal Council. This reports ots.at . The change takes place as part of the regular rotation of the chair, since Styria took over in the second half of 2025. Andrea Eder-Gitschthaler (ÖVP) will be chaired for the first half of 2025. Ruprecht will thus follow the successor.

Günther Ruprecht was elected to the Federal Council on October 17, 2023 and has held various political offices since then. He was born in Graz in 1977 and is a trained sporting goods specialist. His professional career led him from teaching to the retail salesman in the sporting goods area to several management positions in the ÖVP and the Austrian employee association (ÖAAB).

political career and functions

The political career of Ruprecht shows a continuous commitment in the ÖVP. From 2004 to September 2015 he was ÖVP district manager in Southeast Styria and then took over the position of the state manager of the Styrian Öaab by 2023. In June 2023, he was elected state chairman of the Styrian Öaab, successor to Christopher Drexler. In addition, he has been a member of the State Party Board of the ÖVP Styria since 2022 and was managing director at the "Model Styria" of the Styrian People's Party until January 2025.

his political activity also extends to the Chamber of Labor, where he acts as a chamber council, and he was a member of the state board of the group of Christian trade unionists (FCG) and on the state board of the Austrian Trade Union Federation (ÖGB) Styria. In the state election in Styria in 2019, he successfully ran 13th in the ÖVP country list, which further strengthened his position in the party.

The Federal Council and its role

The Federal Council is the second chamber of the Austrian Parliament, which acts as representation of the federal states at federal level. It currently includes 60 members who are elected by the respective state parliament. The members of the Federal Council are not tied to instructions, which guarantees them a free mandate. The political composition of the Federal Council reflects the moods in the state parliament, with 22 representatives of the ÖVP, 18 of the SPÖ, 16 of the FPÖ, 3 of the Greens and 1 of the NEOS, as from de.wikipedia.org emerged.

Günther Ruprecht is married and father of two children. Harald Himmer, Chairman of the ÖVP Federal Council Group, also expresses a positive statement about the upcoming changes and wishes Ruprecht every success in his new position, while he thanks Eder-Gifthaler for her work. Ruprecht's appointment is a sign of continuity within the political landscape of Styria and the Federal Council, in a system based on the consideration of regional interests and opinions.