Herbert Haupt

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This article is about the Austrian politician. For the German spy, see Herbert Hans Haupt.

Herbert Haupt (born September 28, 1947) is an Austrian politician and former party chairman of the Austrian Freedom Party. Born in Seeboden, Carinthia, and a veterinarian by training, he was federal Minister of Social Services from 2000 till 2005 in a coalition government headed by Wolfgang Schüssel. Haupt was Vice Chancellor of Austria from February 28, 2003 till October 20, 2003.

He is still a member of the National Council of Austria, now representing the Alliance for the Future of Austria (BZÖ) party founded by Jörg Haider in April 2005.

Haupt is notorious for his inability and/or unwillingness to answer journalists' questions precisely and to the point and for his tendency to use a complicated sentence structure with lots of empty phrases. Also, in the past he has frequently changed his mind from one day to the next about major policy issues, confirming, at least for the media, his role as Jörg Haider's puppet.

He stepped down as Minister of Social Services in January 2005 and was succeeded by Ursula Haubner, Jörg Haider's sister.

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Biography, from the website of the Austrian parliament

Political offices
Preceded by Susanne Riess-Passer	Vice Chancellor of Austria 2003	Succeeded by Hubert Gorbach
Party political offices
Preceded by Mathias Reichhold	FPÖ Party Chairman 2002–2004	Succeeded by Ursula Haubner

v t e Vice-Chancellors of Austria

First Republic	Jodok Fink Ferdinand Hanusch Eduard Heinl Walter Breisky Felix Frank Leopold Waber Franz Dinghofer Karl Hartleb Vinzenz Schumy Carl Vaugoin Richard Schmitz Johann Schober Franz Winkler Emil Fey Ernst Rüdiger Starhemberg Eduard Baar-Baarenfels Ludwig Hülgerth Edmund Glaise-Horstenau

Second Republic	Adolf Schärf Bruno Pittermann Fritz Bock Hermann Withalm Rudolf Häuser Hannes Androsch Fred Sinowatz Norbert Steger Alois Mock Josef Riegler Erhard Busek Wolfgang Schüssel Susanne Riess-Passer Herbert Haupt Hubert Gorbach Wilhelm Molterer Josef Pröll Michael Spindelegger

v t e FPÖ party chairmen

Anton Reinthaller Friedrich Peter Alexander Götz Norbert Steger Jörg Haider Susanne Riess-Passer Mathias Reichhold Herbert Haupt Ursula Haubner Hilmar Kabas Heinz-Christian Strache

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Persondata
Name	Haupt, Herbert
Alternative names
Short description	Austrian politician
Date of birth	September 28, 1947
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Herbert Haupt

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