Curriculum vitae Alois Stöger

Born 3 September 1960 in  Linz
Family status: married, one daughter

• Primary school in Allerheiligen from 1966 - 1971
• Secondary school in Perg from 1971 - 1975
• Apprenticeship as a machinist
• Final apprenticeship examination in the trades of toolmaker and lathe operator
• Social  Academy of the Chamber of Labour,  Vienna 1986 - 1987
• Course in Supervision at the Federal Institute for Adult Education, St. Wolfgang 1990 - 1992
• European Trade Unions Academy 1995 - 1996
• Degree course in Social Practice at  Marc  Bloch  University, Strasbourg and  Linz 1997 - 2000
• Graduated with the Diplôme des Hautes Etudes des Pratiques Sociales.

• 1975 - 1979 Apprenticeship as machinist at Voest Alpine AG 
• 1979 - 1986 Skilled worker 
• 1986 - 2008   Secretary of the Austrian Metalworkers, Miners and Energy Supply Workers Trade Union, responsible for youth affairs, education, legal representation, electricity utilities, district of Gmunden, Upper Austria.
• 2000 District Secretary of the Metal and Textile Workers  Union in Linz. 

• 1977 - 1983 Youth Advisory Councillor
• 1982 - 1986 Chairman of the Youth Section of the Upper Austrian Trade Union Federation 
• 1997 - 2006 Chairman of Education of the Urfahr District Austrian Social Democratic Party (SPÖ) 
• Since 1997 local councillor in Gallneukirchen, Upper Austria; 2003 - 2008 town councillor
• Chairman of the Audit Committee in the Urfahr District Social Welfare Association
• 2000 Elected as Councillor of the Upper Austrian Chamber of Labour
• Since 2. December 2008 Federal Minister of Health

• 1995 - 2004 Acting Member of the General Assembly of the Austrian Miners’ Social Insurance Institution
• 2002 - 2004 Member of the Benefits Committee of the Upper Austrian Accident Insurance Institution
• 2005 - 2008 Member of the Board of Management of the Upper Austrian Regional Health Insurance Fund
• 2005 - 2008 Chairman of the Upper Austrian Regional Health Insurance Fund