Linz has a new mayor: Dietmar Prammer wants to make the city sustainable!

Linz has a new mayor: Dietmar Prammer wants to make the city sustainable!

in Linz, Austria, the previous Vice Mayor Dietmar Prammer (SPÖ) took up his office as the new city boss. The governor Thomas Stelzer (ÖVP) ceremoniously handed over the official business on Thursday. When he was angry, Prammer, full of joy and humility, expressed the desire to give something back to his city. He has been the eighth mayor of the city since 1945, and all of his predecessors belonged to the SPÖ. The new mayor emphasized the need for close cooperation with the state and promised the other local council factions to counter them at eye level. In his speech, he mentioned the connection between industry and climate protection as a central challenge for the city. This information was reported by Prammer previously prevailed in the mayor election on January 12, 2025 with 40.2 percent of the votes against seven other candidates and triumphed in the runoff election against the FPÖ candidate Michael Raml with 77.1 percent. His predecessor, Klaus Luger (SPÖ), had resigned after the Bruckner house affair, and Prammer then moved into the mayor from the position of the executive mayor. In addition, at the same session Thomas Gegenhuber, as a city council for innovation and business and Tina Blöchl, the third mayor of Vice may have been promoted, which the SPÖ government completed again in the local council. These developments clearly show the restart in the city government under the leadership of Prammer, which was also picked up by

But the new mayor faces challenges: In a first press conference, Prammer explained that the changeover to climate neutrality and the constant development of the city have priority. Although he distanced himself from his predecessor's missteps, he also rely on the positive development of the city under the SPÖ government. As a new city council, he would like to work together with his colleagues factually and constructively and plans to invite the Linzer to a survey of the party leadership in the coming year. Prammer strives for an early choice and would like to give the Linzers a breather after the National Council elections before important decisions are made.