Walter Grabher-Meyer (1943 – )

Short biography

Walter Grabher-Meyer was born in Lustenau, Vorarlberg, on 2 February 1943. He completed an apprenticeship as a printer and later founded the embroidery business “Walter Grabher-Meyer” in Lustenau.

Grabher-Meyer was politically active at municipal level in Lustenau, where he was a municipal councillor for almost 10 years. He also served as a councillor in the Vorarlberg Chamber for Workers and Employees.

In 1975 he entered the National Council as an FPÖ MP. In 1982 he became FPÖ general secretary, a position he retained until 1986, when the Steger Era came to an end.