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ID 256831

AustriaAustriaActive member

Sophia KIRCHER

EPPEuropean People's Party
Österreichische Volkspartei

Tracked since 28/10/2024

Total assistants

8

Currently active

5

Total departed

3

Departed share

37.5%

3 of 8

Also draws on 1 shared assistants (1 currently, 0 former) — pooled staff are employed by a grouping of Members and are excluded from the figures above.

Office over time

8 own staff since we started watching

One bar per person, from the day we first saw them to the day they left — or until today. A faded left edge means they were already in place on 28/10/2024; a faded right edge means they left at an unknown date before 03/03/2026.

Jan 25Apr 25Jul 25Oct 25Jan 26Apr 26Jul 26Oct 26Edith Roswitha EXENBERGERMartin HASSLSimon LECHNERDaniel Viktor MULLERMATTHIAS LUDWIG LUNGLennart-Justus STOFFERSBDO AUSTRIA GmbHP8 MARKETING GMBH
Accredited assistantsLocal assistantsPaying agentsService providersin postdepartedfaded edge = start or end not known to the day
Office timeline
NameCategoryFromTo
Edith Roswitha EXENBERGERAccredited assistantstracked since 28/10/2024in post
Martin HASSLAccredited assistantstracked since 28/10/2024in post
Simon LECHNERAccredited assistantstracked since 28/10/2024in post
Daniel Viktor MULLERLocal assistantstracked since 28/10/202412/09/2026
MATTHIAS LUDWIG LUNGLocal assistants02/01/202602/09/2026
Lennart-Justus STOFFERSLocal assistants22/08/2026in post
BDO AUSTRIA GmbHPaying agentstracked since 28/10/2024in post
P8 MARKETING GMBHService providers30/11/2024left before Mar 2026

Departed share comparison

Share of observed own staff who have since left (since 28 Oct 2024).

This Member37.5%
EP average30.2%
Austria34.0%
Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats)29.6%

By category

CategoryOwn activeOwn departedOwn totalPool activePool total
Local assistants12300
Accredited assistants30300
Paying agents10100
Service providers01100
Accredited assistants (grouping)00011

Active assistants · 6

NameCategorySince
Edith Roswitha EXENBERGERAccredited assistants28/10/2024
Martin HASSLAccredited assistants28/10/2024
Simon LECHNERAccredited assistants28/10/2024
PATRICIA FALCHAccredited assistants (grouping)02/02/2025
Lennart-Justus STOFFERSLocal assistants22/08/2026
BDO AUSTRIA GmbHPaying agents28/10/2024

Office size

Own staff in post per month. Dashed before 03/03/2026: reconstructed from arrivals only. The dashed horizontal line is the median office in the Parliament (5).

Own staff of Sophia KIRCHER per month
MonthCountEstimated
2024-115yes
2024-125yes
2025-015yes
2025-025yes
2025-035yes
2025-045yes
2025-055yes
2025-065yes
2025-075yes
2025-085yes
2025-095yes
2025-105yes
2025-115yes
2025-125yes
2026-016yes
2026-026yes
2026-036no
2026-046no
2026-056no
2026-066no
2026-076no
2026-087no
2026-095no
2026-105no

How long staff stayed

Tenure of staff whose departure is dated. Contracts that ended before 03/03/2026 have no known length and are not shown.

06 mo12 mo18 mo24 moEP median

2 dated departures · office median 15.5 mo · Parliament median 16 mo

Tenure of departed staff, months
MATTHIAS LUDWIG LUNG8
Daniel Viktor MULLER23

Former assistants · 3

NameCategoryFromToDuration
Daniel Viktor MULLERLocal assistants28/10/202412/09/20261y 11m
MATTHIAS LUDWIG LUNGLocal assistants02/01/202602/09/20268m
P8 MARKETING GMBHService providers30/11/2024left before Mar 2026—

Our record of the register begins 28/10/2024. "Tracked since" marks a person who was already in place on that day — their actual start date is earlier and is not published to us. Read about the data →