The transfer of the regional administration of Lower Austria from Vienna to Sankt Pölten took place during his administration.
Pröll is seen as a supporter of a Grand Coalition between the ÖVP and Social Democratic Party (SPÖ). In the year 2000 he was still a supporter of the "black-blue" coalition (ÖVP with the Freedom Party (FPÖ)), but two years later argued against such an arrangement. Pröll also has a good relationship with Viennese mayor Michael Häupl (SPÖ).
Great interest was aroused in Europe when he proposed a tax on mobile phone masts in the state of Lower Austria. Together with the SPÖ he suggested legally regulating mobile phone transmitters, with the aim of reducing the overall number. At the same time the state planned to set up a local telecommunications infrastructure by means of a Wireless LAN.
After an agreement with the mobile radio companies, the taxation was not realized. The agreement in fact was used as an example for other regions.
The magazine Falter in 2002 reported the response by regional party secretary Ernst Strasser to criticism of Pröll's confession that he had only ever managed to finish one book, Karl May's cowboy novel Der Schatz im Silbersee (The Treasure of Silver Lake): "People like that, at least it shows the governor isn't a know-all."[2]
In September 2014, in an interview with the newspaper Kurier, he denied any interest in being a candidate for the Presidential election due in 2016, saying the idea left him cold: "My life plan is different".[3] Reports in April 2015, however, suggested that he had sounded out the idea with his staff.[4]
An article about Erwin Pröll at the Austrian Lexikon of AEIOU
January 01, 1970
erwin, pröll, this, biography, living, person, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, adding, reliable, sources, contentious, material, about, living, persons, that, unsourced, poorly, sourced, must, removed, immediately, from, article, talk. This biography of a living person needs additional citations for verification Please help by adding reliable sources Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately from the article and its talk page especially if potentially libelous Find sources Erwin Proll news newspapers books scholar JSTOR January 2008 Learn how and when to remove this message Dr Erwin Proll born 24 December 1946 in Ziersdorf Radlbrunn is an Austrian conservative politician OVP From 1992 to 2017 he was the Governor of Lower Austria Erwin ProllErwin Proll in 2016Governor of Lower AustriaIn office 22 October 1992 19 April 2017Preceded bySiegfried LudwigSucceeded byJohanna Mikl LeitnerPersonal detailsBorn 1946 12 24 24 December 1946Radlbrunn AustriaPolitical partyAustrian People s Party He was born in Radlbrunn Lower Austria and after obtaining his Matura at Tulln he studied at the University of Natural Resources BOKU Vienna Political life editThe transfer of the regional administration of Lower Austria from Vienna to Sankt Polten took place during his administration Proll is seen as a supporter of a Grand Coalition between the OVP and Social Democratic Party SPO In the year 2000 he was still a supporter of the black blue coalition OVP with the Freedom Party FPO but two years later argued against such an arrangement Proll also has a good relationship with Viennese mayor Michael Haupl SPO Great interest was aroused in Europe when he proposed a tax on mobile phone masts in the state of Lower Austria Together with the SPO he suggested legally regulating mobile phone transmitters with the aim of reducing the overall number At the same time the state planned to set up a local telecommunications infrastructure by means of a Wireless LAN After an agreement with the mobile radio companies the taxation was not realized The agreement in fact was used as an example for other regions In 2006 he hosted a conference with EU politicians over subsidiarity in Sankt Polten Proll is married with four children He is the uncle of Josef Proll former Austrian Vice Chancellor and Minister of Finance He is imperial Knight of Honor of the Order of St George 1 The magazine Falter in 2002 reported the response by regional party secretary Ernst Strasser to criticism of Proll s confession that he had only ever managed to finish one book Karl May s cowboy novel Der Schatz im Silbersee The Treasure of Silver Lake People like that at least it shows the governor isn t a know all 2 In September 2014 in an interview with the newspaper Kurier he denied any interest in being a candidate for the Presidential election due in 2016 saying the idea left him cold My life plan is different 3 Reports in April 2015 however suggested that he had sounded out the idea with his staff 4 References edit Homepage of the St Georgs Orden Gerald John and Nina Weissensteiner Hohe Stirn flaches Land Falter 28 August 2002 Proll will nicht Bundesprasident werden 5 September 2014 Wenn Proll Bundesprasident werden will will auch die OVP 16 April 2015 External links editErwin Proll in the German National Library catalogue Erwin Proll at the website of the Lower Austrian Government An article about Erwin Proll at the Austrian Lexikon of AEIOU Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Erwin Proll amp oldid 1216942063, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
