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Austrian People's Party

conservative political party in Austria
Organization political_party Q186867
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Summary

Austrian People's Party is a political party[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of political party entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (12,897 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Member of: European People's Party[3], International Democracy Union[4], European People's Party Group[5]
  • Country: Austria[6]
  • Headquarters location: Vienna[7]
  • Child organization or unit: Q113519141[8], ÖVP Carinthia[9], Österreichischer Wirtschaftsbund[10], Vorarlberger Volkspartei[11], Oberösterreichische Volkspartei[12], ÖVP Vienna[13], OEVP Burgenland[14]
  • Commons category: Austrian People's Party[15]
  • Color: black[16], turquoise[17]
  • SRGB color hex triplet: 63C3D0[18]
  • Chairperson: Christian Stocker[19]
  • Has part(s): ÖVP Vienna[20], ÖVP Salzburg[21], ÖVP Carinthia[22], Österreichischer Wirtschaftsbund[23]
  • Inception: April 17, 1945[24]
  • Location of formation: Vienna[25]
  • Official website: https://www.dievolkspartei.at/[26]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Austrian People's Party[27]
  • Political ideology: conservatism[28], Christian democracy[29]
  • Political alignment: centre-right[30]
  • Number of seats in assembly: 71[31], 26[32], 7[33], 51[34], 5[35], 1[36]
  • Native label: Österreichische Volkspartei[37]
  • Short name: ÖVP[38]
  • Different from: People's New Party[39]
  • Position held by head of the organization: Chairman of the Austrian People's Party[40]
  • General secretary: Axel Melchior[41]
  • Youth wing: Junge Volkspartei[42]
  • Member category: Category:Austrian People's Party politicians[43]
  • Social media followers: 31,270[44], 34,929[45], 36,240[46]

Why It Matters

Austrian People's Party has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[47] It is known by 71 alternative names across languages and contexts.[48]

Related Entities

Alexander Schallenberg Austria Benita Ferrero-Waldner Christian Stocker Johannes Hahn Julius Raab Karl Nehammer Karl von Habsburg Kurt Waldheim Leopold Figl Sebastian Kurz Simon Wiesenthal Thomas Bernhard Thomas Klestil Wolfgang Schüssel

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  13. [3] ↑ . appf.europa.eu. appf.europa.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  33. [35] ↑ . europarl.europa.eu. Retrieved . europarl.europa.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [47] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [48] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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