Communist Takes Over As Mayor Of Major Austrian City
Jack Kerley
Contributor
November 18, 2021 3:20 PM ET
Austria’s second largest city elected its first female and first communist mayor on Wednesday, taking over for Austrian People’s Party.
The Austrian Communist Party candidate, Elke Kahr, officially took office in Graz, Austria, and replaced Siegfried Nagl, who held the position for 18 years, Euronews reported.
Kahr has been a Graz councillor for 16 years with strong convictions on housing and social policies, German media outlet DW reported.
Kahr’s Communist Party leads an alliance with the greens and social democratic party’s and has promised to curb profit driving construction among other social and environmental issues, DW reported. (RELATED: Austria Implements New COVID-19 Lockdown — But Only For The Unvaccinated)
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