Andreas Haitzer

Andreas Haitzer (born 25 December 1967) is an Austrian politician and member of the National Council. A member of the Social Democratic Party, he has represented Salzburg since October 2024. He was a member of the Salzburg Landtag from June 2013 to March 2015.

Haitzer was born on 25 December 1967 in Schwarzach im Pongau. He was an apprentice industrial electrician at Tauernkraftwerke AG in Kaprun from 1983 to 1987. He was an electrical engineer at Elektro Florian/Fa Bleckmann from 1987 to 1993. He was a dispatcher and emergency co-ordinator for Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB) from 1993 to 2011. He has held various positions in the Schwarzach im Pongau and Salzburg branches of the Social Democratic Party (SPÖ) since 2001. He has been a member of the municipal council in Schwarzach im Pongau since 2004 and has been mayor since 2008. He was elected to the Salzburg Landtag at the 2013 state election. He resigned from the Landtag in March 2015 and was replaced by Gerd Brand. He was elected to the National Council at the 2024 legislative election.