Christian Sagartz (born 1981) is an Austrian politician of the Austrian People's Party (ÃÂVP) who has been serving as Member of the European Parliament from 2020 to 2024. Currently he is serving as a member of the Landtag.
Sagartz attended University of Vienna, where he earned a BA in political science (2006âÂÂ2010) and a master's degree in political consultancy (2010âÂÂ2012).
Sagartz holds several positions in Pöttsching: councillor (since 2002), vice-mayor (since 2007), and chairman of the town's party in 2006. He was the Burgenland chairman of Young People's Party from 2002 to 2008 and became chairman of the Mattersburg district chapter in 2010. He became a member of the Landtag on 25 October 2005.
Sagartz was a Member of the European Parliament from 2020 to 2024. In Parliament, he served on the Committee on Development, the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs, and the Special Committee on Beating Cancer. He was also vice-chair of the Subcommittee on Human Rights.
In addition to his committee assignments, Sagartz was a substitute member of the delegations to the EUâÂÂAlbania Stabilisation and Association Parliamentary Committee, the EUâÂÂMontenegro Stabilisation and Association Parliamentary Committee, the ACPâÂÂEU Joint Parliamentary Assembly, and for relations with South Africa.
His parliamentary work focused on combating cancer, addressing illegal migration, and strengthening EUâÂÂWestern Balkans relations. He was also responsible for the Parliament's annual report on North Macedonia.