Sociologist Lenk becomes the new boss of statistics Austria - a fresh start!

Sociologist Lenk becomes the new boss of statistics Austria - a fresh start!

Wien, Österreich - The sociologist lenk was appointed as the new general director of statistics Austria. The decision, which was announced on May 23, 2025, was made after a multi -stage selection process, which was accompanied by an independent specialist commission. Kleine Zeitung reports that a triple proposal was submitted to the Federal Chancellor.

Lenk has been working in the company since 2004 and originally was responsible for the consumption survey. In the course of her career, she took various management positions, including as a division manager for "register counting and company register". From 2017 to mid -2019 she headed the "Register, Classifications and Geoinformation" department. She then worked on it in Switzerland as vice director and member of the management at the Federal Statistics Office. In this function, she was also responsible for interoperability and register.

experiences and initiatives

In Switzerland, Lenk managed to establish the statistics office as a datasteward on behalf of the Federal Council. It was instrumental in building an interoperability platform that acts as a central data list for Switzerland. In addition, she led numerous interpersonal and cantonal bodies. Lenk represented Austria in various specialist bodies such as Eurostat, OECD and the United Nations.

Federal Chancellor Stocker thanked the outgoing general director for his commitment in the past five years and emphasized the importance of the work of statistics Austria for the fact -based decision -making in politics, business and society.

The structure of statistics Austria

Statistics Austria, which acts as a national statistical institute (NSI), is responsible for most European and state statistics. statistik.at emphasizes that the Austrian national statistical system is strongly centralized and no regional offices are subordinate to the NSI. This system for data collection and creation of statistical information is organized together and centrally.

The cooperation between statistics Austria and the federal states is based on a long -term agreement that prescribes annual coordination for technical and organizational issues. In recent years, important topics such as the topicality, cost effectiveness of statistics and the avoidance of duplications have been treated in surveys.

Univ.-Prof. Dr. Tobias Thomas serves as the specialist statistical general director of Statistics Austria and is also the deputy chairman of the Austrian Productivity Council. In addition to his academic career, he holds a variety of international positions in statistical committees, including the Committee for the European Statistical System (ESSC) and the United Nations Statistical Commission (Unsc).

In the coming years, Lenk will be an important task to continue the work of statistics Austria and to master the challenges of the digital data landscape. statistik.at indicates that also. Franz Haslauer as a commercial general director since January 2024, after he had previously worked significantly in the development strategy of the Austrian Mensch