Max Lercher
{{Short description|Austrian politician (born 1986)}}
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| name = Max Lercher
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| office1 = Member of the National Council
| constituency1 = Upper Styria
| term_start1 = 23 October 2019
| term_end1 = 23 October 2024
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| office2 = Member of the Landtag Styria
| constituency2 = Upper Styria
| term_start2 = 21 October 2010
| term_end2 = 12 September 2018
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| successor2 = Wolfgang Moitzi
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| birth_place = Judenburg, Austria
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| party = Social Democratic Party
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| alma_mater = University of Vienna
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Maximilian Lercher (born 24 September 1986) is an Austrian politician and former member of the National Council.{{cite web |title=Recherchieren: Personen - Maximilian Lercher |url=https://www.parlament.gv.at/person/5642 |publisher=Austrian Parliament |access-date=31 October 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240929200544/https://www.parlament.gv.at/person/5642 |archive-date=29 September 2024 |location=Vienna, Austria |language=de}} A member of the Social Democratic Party, he represented Upper Styria from October 2019 to October 2024. He was a member of the Landtag Styria from October 2010 to September 2018.
Lercher was born on 24 September 1986 in Judenburg.{{cite news |last1=Burgstaller |first1=Katrin |title="Das war irgendwie total heavy" |url=https://www.derstandard.at/story/1297818138350/das-war-irgendwie-total-heavy |access-date=3 November 2024 |work=Der Standard |date=16 February 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240716144734/https://www.derstandard.at/story/1297818138350/das-war-irgendwie-total-heavy |archive-date=16 July 2024 |location=Vienna, Austria |language=de}} He is the son of a bus driver and a post office manager.{{cite magazine |title=Weniger starre Partei, mehr lebendige Bewegung |url=http://journalgraz.at/index.php/zoo/2-ausgabe-april-2014/file |access-date= |work=Journal Graz |date=April 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181129225351/http://journalgraz.at/index.php/zoo/2-ausgabe-april-2014/file |archive-date=29 November 2018 |location=Graz, Austria |pages=8-9 |language=de}} He has a Bachelor's of Arts degree in political science from the University of Vienna. He was the Social Democratic Party (SPÖ)'s State Managing Director in Styria from 2014 to 2018 and the SPÖ's Federal Managing Director from 2018 to 2019.{{cite news |title=SPÖ wählt Lercher zum Bundesgeschäftsführer |url=https://steiermark.orf.at/v2/news/stories/2885288/ |access-date=3 November 2024 |work=ORF |date=21 December 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240929200603/https://steiermark.orf.at/v2/news/stories/2885288/ |archive-date=29 September 2024 |location=Vienna, Austria |language=de}} He was managing director of Leykam Medien AG, a company controlled by the SPÖ in Styria, from 2019 to 2023.{{cite news |title=Max Lercher wird Leykam-Chef |url=https://steiermark.orf.at/v2/news/stories/2962014/ |access-date=31 October 2024 |work=ORF |date=1 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200304074504/https://steiermark.orf.at/v2/news/stories/2962014/ |archive-date=4 March 2020 |location=Vienna, Austria |language=de}} In October 2019 the right wing Österreich newspaper claimed that Lercher had been given a three-year consulting contract with SPÖ at €20,000 per month but in fact the contract was between SPÖ and Leykam and Lercher's salary for being MD of Leykam was only €6,000 per month.{{cite news |title=20.000-Euro-Vertrag für Partei-Rebell |url=https://www.oe24.at/oesterreich/politik/20-000-euro-vertrag-fuer-partei-rebell/402370756 |access-date=3 November 2024 |work=Österreich |date=18 October 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240702171909/https://www.oe24.at/oesterreich/politik/20-000-euro-vertrag-fuer-partei-rebell/402370756 |archive-date=2 July 2024 |location=Vienna, Austria |language=de}}{{cite news |last1=Anders |first1=Theo |last2=Völker |first2=Michael |title=Rote Ränkespiele um Beratungsverträge |url=https://www.derstandard.at/story/2000110153857/rote-raenkespiele-um-beratungsvertraege |access-date=3 November 2024 |work=Der Standard |date=21 October 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220524131820/https://www.derstandard.at/story/2000110153857/rote-raenkespiele-um-beratungsvertraege |archive-date=24 May 2022 |location=Vienna, Austria |language=de}} In September 2023 he was appointed head of the Dr. Karl Renner Institute's state office in Burgenland.{{cite news |title=SPÖ-Abgeordneter Max Lercher wechselt ins Burgenland |url=https://www.kleinezeitung.at/politik/6321462/Doskozil-baut-Landespartei-um_SPOeAbgeordneter-Max-Lercher |access-date=3 November 2024 |work=Kleine Zeitung |date=11 September 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231024140840/https://www.kleinezeitung.at/politik/6321462/Doskozil-baut-Landespartei-um_SPOeAbgeordneter-Max-Lercher |archive-date=24 October 2023 |location=Graz, Austria |language=de}}{{cite web |title=Landesstellen: Max Lercher |url=https://renner-institut.at/team/max-lercher |publisher=Dr.-Karl-Renner-Institut |access-date=3 November 2024 |location=Vienna, Austria |language=de}}
Lercher was chairman of the Socialist Youth Austria (SJ)'s Styrian branch from 2008 to 2013. He has held various positions on the Upper Styria West and Styrian branches of the SPÖ as well as its federal executive. He was elected to the Landtag Styria at the 2010 state election. He resigned from the Landtag in September 2018 and was replaced by Wolfgang Moitzi.{{cite magazine |title=41. Sitzung des Landtages Steiermark – XVII. Gesetzgebungsperiode - 18. September 2018 |magazine=Stenografischer Bericht |date=18 September 2018 |volume=XVII |issue=41 |page=7357 |url=https://www.landtag.steiermark.at/cms/dokumente/12468665_122780341/d409c1ed/41_Stenografisches_Protokoll.pdf |access-date=31 October 2024 |publisher=Landtag Styria |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220327052855/https://www.landtag.steiermark.at/cms/dokumente/12468665_122780341/d409c1ed/41_Stenografisches_Protokoll.pdf |archive-date=27 March 2022 |location=Eisenstadt, Austria |language=de}}{{cite news |title=SPÖ: Wolfgang Moitzi bekommt Landtagsmandat |url=https://steiermark.orf.at/v2/news/stories/2932668/ |access-date=31 October 2024 |work=ORF |date=28 August 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240929200542/https://steiermark.orf.at/v2/news/stories/2932668/ |archive-date=29 September 2024 |location=Vienna, Austria |language=de}}{{cite news |last1=Rossacher |first1=Thomas |title=Sozialhilfeverbände: Schützenhöfer für Reform-Gespräche |url=https://www.kleinezeitung.at/steiermark/graz/5497712/Steirischer-Landtag_Rochade-in-Reihen-der-SPOe |access-date=31 October 2024 |work=Kleine Zeitung |date=18 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191023091401/https://www.kleinezeitung.at/steiermark/graz/5497712/Steirischer-Landtag_Sozialhilfeverbaende_Schuetzenhoefer-fuer |archive-date=23 October 2019 |location=Graz, Austria |language=de}} He was elected to the National Council at the 2019 legislative election. In September 2023 Lercher announced that he would not be seeking re-election.{{cite news |title=Max Lercher gibt auf Facebook Rückzug aus der Bundespolitik bekannt |url=https://kurier.at/politik/inland/max-lercher-gibt-auf-facebook-rueckzug-aus-der-bundespolitik-bekannt/402579098 |access-date=3 November 2024 |work=Kurier |date=1 September 2023 |location=Vienna, Austria |language=de}}
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{{URL | 1=https://www.meineabgeordneten.at/Abgeordnete/maximilian.lercher | 2=Meine Abgeordneten: Maximilian Lercher }}
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Category:Members of the 27th National Council (Austria)
Category:Members of the Styrian Landtag
Category:People from Murau District