Christoph Hagen
Christoph Hagen, born on December 28, 1968 in Lauterach (Vorarlberg), is an Austrian politician (TS, formerly AAF, FPÖ) and police officer. From 1999 to 2004, Hagen was member of the Federal Council and since 2008, he has been a Member of the Austrian National Council.
Political career
Christoph Hagen has been a councillor in Hörbranz since 1995 and was a Member of the local Community Board between 1995 and 2002. In addition, Hagen held the function of local party Chairman of the Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ) between 1996 and 2005. Hagen held a seat for the FPÖ in the province of Vorarlberg between October 1999 and October 2004 for the Federal Council, where he temporarily held the function of Secretary. After a party split of the FPÖ, Hagen decided to run for the Alliance for the Future of Austria (AAF) party in the general election of 2008. He was sworn in on October 28, 2008 as a member of the AAF for the provincial constituency in Vorarlberg. In the AAF-Parliamentary Club, Hagen held the function of spokesperson for executive and Transport.
He was also the State Chairman of the AAF Vorarlberg until May 8, 2009. On October 12, 2012, Christoph Hagen announced his transition to Team Stronach (TS), the party of Frank Stronach, after being excluded from the AAF and AAF-Parliamentary Club and relieved from office of AAF-country chairman in Vorarlberg on the same day. Hagen kept his National mandate initially without party membership. In the general election of 2013 he was a candidate for the Team Stronach in Vorarlberg and obtained a mandate from the federal nomination. Hagen was furthermore deputy Chairman of the Commonwealth of Independent Action and Freedom Party and is currently Vice-Chairman of the Staff Committee at the district Bregenz.
Education
Christioph Hagen attended elementary school in Hörbranz from 1975 to 1979 and moved to a high school in Bregenz in 1979. In 1980, he left this high school and attended the main school in Hörbranz from 1980 to 1984. Afterwards he trained as retail merchant and completed his apprenticeship in 1988. Later that year, Hagen also graduated from the military service. In 2005, Hagen passed the university entrance exam and started a correspondence course in law at the University of Linz in the same year.
