Erwin Pröll

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Erwin Pröll (born December 24, 1946, Niederösterreich) is an Austrian politician of the ÖVP. Since October 22, 1992 he has been governor (Landeshauptmann) of Lower Austria. He is the longest serving governor in Austria.

Pröll is married and father of four children.

[edit] Political life

Pröll is a well-known supporter of coalitions. In 2000, he supported a coalition of the Freedom Party of Austria and his own party. Two years later, in 2002, he was against a new coalition with the populist party.

In Lower Austria he planned tax of mobile-phone masts and throwed the EU-authorities into a dither. After an agreement with the mobile radio companies, the taxation was not realized. The agreement in fact was used as an example for other regions.

In 2006 he hosted a conference with EU politicians over subsidiarity in Sankt Pölten.

[edit] External links

• Works by and about Erwin Pröll in the German National Library catalogue
• Erwin Pröll at the website of the Lower Austrian Government
• An article about Erwin Pröll at the Austrian Lexikon of AEIOU