Curriculum vitae Christian SAGARTZ

Education (qualifications and diplomas)

• 2000-2012 : Master’s degree in political consultancy (individual study programme) at the University of Vienna
• 2006-2010 : Bachelor’s degree in politics at the University of Vienna
• 1991-1999 : Attended the Eisenstadt diocesan grammar school (passed exams granting access to higher education)
• 1987-1991 : Attended primary school in Pöttsching

Professional career

• 2007-2015 : Regional party chief executive, Burgenland ÖVP
• 2003-2005 : Parliamentary assistant to Nationalrat member Martin Preineder
• 1999-2002 : Parliamentary assistant to Nationalrat member Johann Loos

Political career

Offices held in a political party or national trade union

• 2020-... : Regional party chair, Burgenland ÖVP
• 2010-... : District party chair, Mattersburg ÖVP
• 2006-2015 : Local party chair, Pöttsching ÖVP
• 2018-... : Regional chair, Austrian Workers’ Association (ÖAAB) in Burgenland
• 2002-2008 : Regional chair, Burgenland ÖVP youth section
• 2000-2002 : District chair, Mattersburg ÖVP youth section
• 1999-2005 : Regional chair, youth section of the Group of Christian Trade Unionists (FCG) in Burgenland

Offices held in local government bodies

• 2002-2022 : Member of Pöttsching municipal council

Offices held in a regional assembly

• 2005-2020 : Member of the Burgenland regional parliament
• 2015-2020 : ÖVP parliamentary group chair, Burgenland regional parliament

Offices held in the EU institutions

• 2020-... : Member of the European Parliament

Other activities

• 1999-2002 : Chair of the Catholic Youth Movement and the Catholic Children’s Movement in Burgenland
• 1997-1999 : Student body spokesperson at the Eisenstadt diocesan grammar school