Education
After the Matura (general qualification for university entrance), Sausgruber he studied law and Catholic theology at the and become a member of the fraternity “AKV Tirolia”. He graduated in 1970 in jurisprudence.
After the Matura (general qualification for university entrance), Sausgruber he studied law and Catholic theology at the and become a member of the fraternity “AKV Tirolia”. He graduated in 1970 in jurisprudence.
After a year working in a court he was admitted to the public service. First he served as the chief of the youth welfare office in the counties of Bludenz, Feldkirch and Bregenz. After 1975 he worked in the office of the government of Vorarlberg.
From 1975 on, he was vestryman in Höchst, from 1978 on chief of the parish council.
In 1981 he become Klubobmann of the Österreichisches Volkspartei (Austrian People's Party) in the Landtag, 1986 he became the chairman of the Vorarlberg Österreichisches Volkspartei (Austrian People's Party). In 1990, he became the vice governor of Vorarlberg and on April 2, 1997 the Landtag voted him in the post of the governor of the state. He held this position till 2011.
Austrian People"s Party.
In 1979 he become a member of the Vorarlberg Landtag.
