# Max Lercher

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{{Short description|Austrian politician (born 1986)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2024}}
{{Infobox officeholder
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| name             = Max Lercher
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| image            = 2017 Max Lercher (38322351545).jpg
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| caption          = Lercher in December 2017
| office1          = Member of the [National Council](/source/National_Council_(Austria))
| constituency1    = [Upper Styria](/source/Upper_Styria_(National_Council_electoral_district))
| term_start1      = 23 October 2019
| term_end1        = 23 October 2024
| predecessor1     = 
| successor1       = 
| office2          = Member of the [Landtag Styria](/source/Landtag_Styria)
| constituency2    = Upper Styria
| term_start2      = 21 October 2010
| term_end2        = 12 September 2018
| predecessor2     = 
| successor2       = [Wolfgang Moitzi](/source/Wolfgang_Moitzi)
| birth_name       = 
| birth_date       = {{Birth date and age|1986|09|24|df=yes}}
| birth_place      = [Judenburg](/source/Judenburg), Austria
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| party            = [Social Democratic Party](/source/Social_Democratic_Party_of_Austria)
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| alma_mater       = [University of Vienna](/source/University_of_Vienna)
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| website          = {{URL|max-lercher.at}}
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'''Maximilian Lercher''' (born 24 September 1986) is an [Austria](/source/Austria)n politician and former member of the [National Council](/source/National_Council_(Austria)).<ref name="Parlament">{{cite web |title=Recherchieren: Personen - Maximilian Lercher |url=https://www.parlament.gv.at/person/5642 |publisher=[Austrian Parliament](/source/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}}</ref> A member of the [Social Democratic Party](/source/Social_Democratic_Party_of_Austria), he represented [Upper Styria](/source/Upper_Styria_(National_Council_electoral_district)) from October 2019 to October 2024. He was a member of the [Landtag Styria](/source/Landtag_Styria) from October 2010 to September 2018.

Lercher was born on 24 September 1986 in [Judenburg](/source/Judenburg).<ref name="Parlament"/><ref>{{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](/source/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}}</ref> He is the son of a [bus driver](/source/bus_driver) and a [post office](/source/post_office) manager.<ref name="Journal Graz">{{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}}</ref> He has a [Bachelor's of Arts](/source/Bachelor's_of_Arts) [degree](/source/Academic_degree) in [political science](/source/political_science) from the [University of Vienna](/source/University_of_Vienna).<ref name="Parlament"/><ref name="Journal Graz"/> He was the [Social Democratic Party](/source/Social_Democratic_Party_of_Austria) (SPÖ)'s State Managing Director in [Styria](/source/Styria) from 2014 to 2018 and the SPÖ's Federal Managing Director from 2018 to 2019.<ref name="Parlament"/><ref>{{cite news |title=SPÖ wählt Lercher zum Bundesgeschäftsführer |url=https://steiermark.orf.at/v2/news/stories/2885288/ |access-date=3 November 2024 |work=[ORF](/source/ORF_(broadcaster)) |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}}</ref> He was [managing director](/source/managing_director) of Leykam Medien AG, a company [controlled](/source/Controlling_interest) by the SPÖ in Styria, from 2019 to 2023.<ref name="Parlament"/><ref>{{cite news |title=Max Lercher wird Leykam-Chef |url=https://steiermark.orf.at/v2/news/stories/2962014/ |access-date=31 October 2024 |work=[ORF](/source/ORF_(broadcaster)) |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}}</ref> In October 2019 the [right wing](/source/right_wing) ''[Österreich](/source/%C3%96sterreich_(newspaper))'' newspaper claimed that Lercher had been given a three-year [consulting](/source/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.<ref>{{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](/source/%C3%96sterreich_(newspaper)) |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}}</ref><ref>{{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](/source/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}}</ref> In September 2023 he was appointed head of the [Dr. Karl Renner Institute](/source/%3Ade%3ADr.-Karl-Renner-Institut)'s state office in [Burgenland](/source/Burgenland).<ref>{{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](/source/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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref>

Lercher was chairman of the [Socialist Youth Austria](/source/Socialist_Youth_Austria) (SJ)'s Styrian branch from 2008 to 2013.<ref name="Parlament"/> He has held various positions on the Upper Styria West and Styrian branches of the SPÖ as well as its federal executive.<ref name="Parlament"/> He was elected to the [Landtag Styria](/source/Landtag_Styria) at the [2010 state election](/source/2010_Styrian_state_election).<ref name="Parlament"/><ref name="Journal Graz"/> He resigned from the Landtag in September 2018 and was replaced by [Wolfgang Moitzi](/source/Wolfgang_Moitzi).<ref>{{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](/source/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}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=SPÖ: Wolfgang Moitzi bekommt Landtagsmandat |url=https://steiermark.orf.at/v2/news/stories/2932668/ |access-date=31 October 2024 |work=[ORF](/source/ORF_(broadcaster)) |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}}</ref><ref>{{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](/source/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}}</ref> He was elected to the [National Council](/source/National_Council_(Austria)) at the [2019 legislative election](/source/2019_Austrian_legislative_election).<ref name="Parlament"/> In September 2023 Lercher announced that he would not be seeking re-election.<ref>{{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](/source/Kurier) |date=1 September 2023 |location=Vienna, Austria |language=de}}</ref>

{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:left;"
|+ Electoral history of Max Lercher
! scope=col|Election
! scope=col|Electoral district
! scope=col colspan="2"|Party
! scope=col|Votes
! scope=col|%
! scope=col|Result
|-
| [2010 state election](/source/2010_Styrian_state_election)<ref>{{cite web |title=Vorzugsstimmen Landtagswahl 20 |url=https://www.verwaltung.steiermark.at/cms/dokumente/11684565_74837281/0a3517f0/Vorzugsstimmen_Steiermark_gesamt.pdf |publisher=Government of Styria |access-date=31 October 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240720073051/https://www.verwaltung.steiermark.at/cms/dokumente/11684565_74837281/0a3517f0/Vorzugsstimmen_Steiermark_gesamt.pdf |archive-date=20 July 2024 |location=Graz, Austria |page=22 |language=de |date=6 October 2010}}</ref> || Upper Styria || style="background:{{party color|Social Democratic Party of Austria}};"| || [Social Democratic Party](/source/Social_Democratic_Party_of_Austria) || align=right|{{Nts|761}} || align=right|0.80% || '''Elected'''
|-
| [2015 state election](/source/2015_Styrian_state_election)<ref>{{cite web |title=Vorzugsstimmen Landtagswahl 2015 |url=https://www.verwaltung.steiermark.at/cms/dokumente/12224474_74836525/0313e7b1/Vorzugsstimmen%20Wahlkreis%204.pdf |publisher=Government of Styria |access-date=31 October 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240420201909/https://www.verwaltung.steiermark.at/cms/dokumente/12224474_74836525/0313e7b1/Vorzugsstimmen%20Wahlkreis%204.pdf |archive-date=20 April 2024 |location=Graz, Austria |page=1 |language=de |date=2 June 2015}}</ref> || Upper Styria || style="background:{{party color|Social Democratic Party of Austria}};"| || [Social Democratic Party](/source/Social_Democratic_Party_of_Austria) || align=right|{{Nts|484}} || align=right|0.70% || '''Elected'''
|-
| [2019 legislative](/source/2019_Austrian_legislative_election)<ref>{{cite web |title=Nationalratswahl 2019: Broschüre Landeswahlvorschläge |url=https://www.bmi.gv.at/412/Nationalratswahlen/Nationalratswahl_2019/files/NRW19_Vorzugsstimmen_Landes_Regionalparteiliste_16102019.pdf |publisher=[Ministry of the Interior](/source/Ministry_of_the_Interior_(Austria)) |access-date=13 July 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240225011649/https://www.bmi.gv.at/412/Nationalratswahlen/Nationalratswahl_2019/files/NRW19_Vorzugsstimmen_Landes_Regionalparteiliste_16102019.pdf |archive-date=25 February 2024 |location=Vienna, Austria |page=44 |language=de}}</ref> || [Upper Styria](/source/Upper_Styria_(National_Council_electoral_district)) || style="background:{{party color|Social Democratic Party of Austria}};"| || [Social Democratic Party](/source/Social_Democratic_Party_of_Austria) || align=right|{{Nts|7354}} || align=right|13.92% || '''Elected'''
|-
| [2019 legislative](/source/2019_Austrian_legislative_election)<ref>{{cite web |title=Nationalratswahl 2019: Broschüre Landeswahlvorschläge |url=https://www.bmi.gv.at/412/Nationalratswahlen/Nationalratswahl_2019/files/NRW19_Vorzugsstimmen_Landes_Regionalparteiliste_16102019.pdf |publisher=[Ministry of the Interior](/source/Ministry_of_the_Interior_(Austria)) |access-date=13 July 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240225011649/https://www.bmi.gv.at/412/Nationalratswahlen/Nationalratswahl_2019/files/NRW19_Vorzugsstimmen_Landes_Regionalparteiliste_16102019.pdf |archive-date=25 February 2024 |location=Vienna, Austria |page=38 |language=de}}</ref> || Styria || style="background:{{party color|Social Democratic Party of Austria}};"| || [Social Democratic Party](/source/Social_Democratic_Party_of_Austria) || align=right|{{Nts|1966}} || align=right|1.49% || Not elected
|-
| [2019 legislative](/source/2019_Austrian_legislative_election)<ref>{{cite web |title=Nationalratswahl 2019: Broschüre Bundeswahlvorschläge |url=https://www.bmi.gv.at/412/Nationalratswahlen/Nationalratswahl_2019/files/NRW19_Vorzugsstimmen_bundesweit_16102019.pdf |publisher=[Ministry of the Interior](/source/Ministry_of_the_Interior_(Austria)) |access-date=23 October 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240817201029/https://www.bmi.gv.at/412/Nationalratswahlen/Nationalratswahl_2019/files/NRW19_Vorzugsstimmen_bundesweit_16102019.pdf |archive-date=17 August 2024 |location=Vienna, Austria |page=4 |language=de}}</ref> || Federal List || style="background:{{party color|Social Democratic Party of Austria}};"| || [Social Democratic Party](/source/Social_Democratic_Party_of_Austria) || align=right|{{Nts|2921}} || align=right|0.29% || Not elected
|}

==References==
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==External links==
{{URL | 1=https://www.meineabgeordneten.at/Abgeordnete/maximilian.lercher | 2=Meine Abgeordneten: Maximilian Lercher }}

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