Andreas Mölzer

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Andreas Mölzer (born on 2 December 1952 in Leoben) is an Austrian politician and Member of the European Parliament. He sits in the Identity, Tradition, Sovereignty group in the European Parliament.

In March 2005 he was expelled from the Austrian Freedom Party because of continued criticism of Jörg Haider. After the break-up of the Freedom Party, he was readmitted in the same year.

He sits on its Committee on Constitutional Affairs, and is a substitute for the Committee on Culture and Education and a member of the Delegation to the EU-Turkey Joint Parliamentary Committee.

In Austria, he is known as a right-wing publicist of the old pan-German school. He wrote a column for the Kronen Zeitung, the leading Austrian tabloid, for several years.

[edit] Education

• 1971: Diploma, Knittelfeld grammar school
• Studied law, history and sociology at Graz University
• from 1979 to 1981: assistant at law departments

[edit] Career

• 1982-1990: Editor-in-chief, Kärntner Nachrichten newspaper
• since 1998: Columnist of Die Presse and the Neue Kronenzeitung
• Since 1997 editor-in-chief and publisher of the weekly Zur Zeit
• 1991-1994: FPÖ policy officer
• 1991-1994: Chairman of the Freedom Academy
• 1991-1994: Member of the Austrian Bundesrat
• 1999-2002: Regional cultural officer, Carinthia

See also: European Parliament election, 2004 (Austria)

[edit] External links

• European Parliament biography of Andreas Mölzer (incl. Speeches, Questions and Motions)
• Declaration of financial interests (in German; PDF)