Austria
In modern Austria, the title is used for the head of the executive of the nine Austrian states, equivalent to the position of a Minister-President in German states. The Landeshauptmann is elected by the Landtag, the state parliament of the respective state.
The female version of this title would be Landeshauptfrau. When Waltraud Klasnic (ÖVP) became state governor of Styria in 1996, she peferred to be addressed as Frau Landeshauptmann, whereas Gabi Burgstaller (SPÖ), state governor of Salzburg since 2004, prefers Frau Landeshauptfrau. Since 1 July 1988, the Constitution of Austria allows for, but does not prescribe, office designations to be gender-specific
|
||||
Read more about this topic: Landeshauptmann
Famous quotes containing the word austria:
“All the terrors of the French Republic, which held Austria in awe, were unable to command her diplomacy. But Napoleon sent to Vienna M. de Narbonne, one of the old noblesse, with the morals, manners, and name of that interest, saying, that it was indispensable to send to the old aristocracy of Europe men of the same connection, which, in fact, constitutes a sort of free- masonry. M. de Narbonne, in less than a fortnight, penetrated all the secrets of the imperial cabinet.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)