Christian Sagartz

Christian Sagartz MEP
Christian Sagartz in 2020
Member of the European Parliament for Austria
Incumbent
Assumed office 23 January 2020
Personal details
Born	(1981-01-16) 16 January 1981 (age 43)
Nationality	Austrian
Political party	Austrian People's Party European People's Party

Christian Sagartz (born 1981) is an Austrian politician of the Austrian People's Party (ÖPP) who has been serving as Member of the European Parliament since 2020.

Early life and education

Sagartz attended University of Vienna, where he earned a BA in political science (2006-2010) and a master's degree in political consultancy (2010-2012).^[1]

Political career

Sagartz holds several positions in Pöttsching: councillor (since 2002), vice-mayor (since 2007), and chairman of the town's party in 2006. He was the Burgenland chairman of Young People's Party from 2002 to 2008 and became chairman of the Mattersburg district chapter in 2010. He became a member of the Landtag on 25 October 2005.^[2]

Member of the European Parliament, 2020–present

Sagartz has been a Member of the European Parliament since 2020. In parliament, he has been serving on the Committee on Development (since 2020), its Subcommittee on Human Rights (since 2020) and the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs.^[3][4]

In addition to his committee assignments, Sagartz is a substitute member of the parliament's delegations to the EU-Albania Stabilisation and Association Parliamentary Committee; the EU-Montenegro Stabilisation and Association Parliamentary Committee; the ACP–EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly; and for relations with South Africa.

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