A political era has come to an end in Graz: After the bitter election defeat on September 26th, after 18 years in office, Siegfried Nagl (ÖVP) said goodbye to the mayor’s office and the town hall – and that with emotion, as the video and the pictures show.
With lots of applause, “Thank you” signs and a trellis, employees and party friends prepared a worthy farewell to Siegfried Nagl, who became mayor in March 2003, from the Graz town hall. The election defeat came completely unexpected. Almost no one in the ÖVP could imagine that communist Elke Kahr would actually move into the mayor’s office. “Today’s farewell is a very difficult one because I would have loved to have continued to work for the people of Graz. The time as mayor was certainly the most formative time of my life, ”said Nagl in a Facebook post. “It is still open where my path will lead me.” Farewell visit from Governor On Tuesday Nagl also received a farewell visit from Governor Hermann Schützenhöfer. The two were not always politically close, but Schützenhöfer naturally only found words of praise: “Siegfried Nagl has accompanied Graz into the 21st century, the mayor was the defining figure for Graz. It is not least thanks to his great commitment and enthusiasm that the Styrian capital has not only developed into a popular travel destination for guests from home and abroad, but also home and center of life with an extremely high quality of life for the around 300,000 Graz residents Grazer is. “
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