She is the youngest face in the big ÖVP castling: JVP chairwoman Claudia Plakolm, 26 years old, is promoted to State Secretary in the Chancellery. Parallels to Sebastian Kurz’s career are already being drawn.
The last time Claudia Plakolm, born on December 10, 1994, was noticed as a bitter Kickl critic, caused a stir with a “anger post” on Facebook, in which she showed little understanding for vaccine opponents and even less understanding for the FPÖ boss. The chairwoman of the Young People’s Party has had a steep career: in 2013 she was still the AHS state school spokesperson in Upper Austria, four years later she was the youngest member of the National Council. Similar to Sebastian Kurz, she has an incomplete degree in her biography : She has been studying business education in Linz for seven years. The Upper Austrian has three siblings. How did she come to join the ÖVP? 2011 about the Waldinger Summer Festival of the JVP. In the meantime, she is committed to enforcing “political education” as a separate subject. Kurz has also been very impressed with the young talent: in the spring, he congratulated her on being elected as JVP boss. “Claudia Plakolm brings up the concerns of the young people and is therefore ideally suited to lead the Young People’s Party into the future as boss. I warmly congratulate the new JVP federal chairwoman Claudia Plakolm on her excellent election result of 94.39 percent, I wish her and her deputies a lot of joy in all future tasks and look forward to continuing our excellent cooperation. “
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