According to KURIER information, in addition to Lohnegger, three other candidates include these two candidates:
Harald Eppich, Weiss Police District Commander effective December 1, 2021. LKA is still aware of the issue from 2004 Until 2009, he was in charge of theft and search there.
Also, surprisingly, Rene Kornberger, formerly Deputy Chief of the Styrian State Criminal Police Office. Perhaps the toughest competitor for Lohneger.
One of the three must obviously be a previous LKA employer Wolfgang Lockner Follow along.
Deputy Director for two and a half years
At first glance, it is puzzling why Lohneger is among the applicants. In December 2021, the Styrian native took over as DSN's second deputy director. State security, ordered. Now he must return home.
At the top of the trio The newly established DSN's governing bodies are a successor to the crisis-hit one Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution and Combating Terrorism (BVT), It still stands today Omar Haijawi-Birchner As a director.
Already out in January 2023 David Blum, as Haijawi's deputy in charge of intelligence, DSN in the private sector. followed him Sylvia Meyer After.
To illustrate: A central innovation in the reform from BVT to DSN was the sharp separation of intelligence and state security. These areas were split off and became their own pillars with their own managers (Loehnegger and now the mayor). Both are connected by a common information and context center.
Master's degree
Lohnegger is considered a favorite of the LKA boss, not just because of his experience in Vienna. He has one Master's degree and training in the field of “Strategic Security Management”. FBI Academy Focuses on counter-terrorism and investigations.
After that it was Lohneger Terrorist attack Led the panel of inquiry in Vienna on November 2, 2020.
Back to the roots
But he also knows his way around Styria. He He worked as a police officer in Graz from 1996 to 2008 and as an investigator at the Styrian State Criminal Police Office from 2008 to 2011. Since 2011 he has headed the Criminal Investigation Service in Leopan as Deputy City and District Police Commander.
It remains to be seen what the commission will eventually recommend. One thing is certain: If Lohnegger moves from Vienna to Styria, the next wheel of work will start turning in the federal capital: the search for a new head of state security.
