Franz Voves

Franz Voves (born 28 February 1953) is an Austrian politician of the SPÖ and a former player in the Austrian ice hockey national team.

From 25 October 2005 to 16 June 2015 he has been governor of Styria (Landeshauptmann der Steiermark).

On 2 March 2002 he was elected as the chairman of the SPÖ Styria (Steiermark).

In the 2005 elections for the Styrian government, Voves and his party got a majority with 41% of the votes, which was the first time since the Second World War that the SPÖ got a majority in an Austrian state election.

On 25 October 2005, 45 of the 56 members of the Styrian federal state parliament (Landtag) voted him governor of Styria, succeeding Waltraud Klasnic.