Personal details
Lukas Mandl is an Austrian Member of the European Parliament.
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He is a member of the European People's Party (EPP) group. His work focuses on geopolitics, security, economics, and regions. Mandl's motto as the parliamentary representative of the Austrian people is "Red-White-Red in Europe." Mandl pursues the vision of a Europe "with more strength externally and more freedom internally."
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Mandl has been a member of the European Parliament since 2017, making him the longest-serving Austrian MEP in the largest parliamentary group in the European Parliament. Before his election to the European Parliament, Mandl was twice elected to the Lower Austrian state parliament, where he served for almost ten years. Mandl was active in local politics, most recently as deputy mayor of his hometown of Gerasdorf.​​
​In his civilian career, Lukas Mandl worked as a copywriter and lecturer, including as an external university lecturer at the Vienna University of Economics and Business. Mandl completed a business school, basic military service in the Austrian Armed Forces, a degree in communication sciences at the University of Vienna, and various courses, including the Austrian Federal Government's strategic leadership course.​
Student newspaper maker
Mandl's awards include the Grand Decoration of Honour in Gold for Services to the Republic of Austria, the Presidential Medal of Merits of the Republic of Kosovo, the Grand Decoration of Honour in Gold of the Municipality of Pressbaum and an honorary doctorate from the University of Gjilan. Lukas Mandl is an honorary member of the Seyring Volunteer Fire Department.
In the Lower Austrian State Parliament:
A very personal contribution to administrative reform
​Lukas Mandl has launched initiatives such as the Initiative for Political Quality and founded organizations such as the Friends of the Student Union, the Austrian-Kosovo Friendship Society, and the Friends of Freedom. Mandl is also involved in volunteer work in civil society and the Catholic Church. He was born in Vienna in 1979, the fourth of five children to a Styrian father and a Dutch mother. He is married and has three adult children.​
With measure and purpose,
with passion and perseverance,
in a way that is both objective and humane.
Ehrendoktorat von der Universität Gjilan im jüngsten Staat Europas, der Republik Kosovo
​A detailed CV of Lukas Mandl, including his professional career, can be found here.