Josef Pröll
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Josef Pröll | |
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Vice Chancellor of Austria | |
In office 2 December 2008 – 21 April 2011 | |
President | Heinz Fischer |
Chancellor | Werner Faymann |
Preceded by | Wilhelm Molterer |
Succeeded by | Michael Spindelegger |
Finance Minister of Austria | |
In office 2 December 2008 – 21 April 2011 | |
Chancellor | Werner Faymann |
Preceded by | Wilhelm Molterer |
Succeeded by | Maria Fekter |
Agriculture Minister of Austria | |
In office 28 February 2003 – 2 December 2008 | |
Chancellor | Wolfgang Schüssel Alfred Gusenbauer |
Preceded by | Wilhelm Molterer |
Succeeded by | Nikolaus Berlakovich |
Chairman of Austrian People's Party (Österreichische Volkspartei - ÖVP) | |
In office 28 November 2008 – 13 April 2011 | |
Chancellor | Alfred Gusenbauer Werner Faymann |
Preceded by | Wilhelm Molterer |
Succeeded by | Michael Spindelegger |
Personal details | |
Born | Stockerau, Austria | 14 September 1968
Political party | Austrian People's Party |
Religion | Roman Catholic |
Previously, he served as the Federal Minister of Agriculture, Forestry, Environment, and Water Management. He was also in charge of rethinking the party's positions and developing a more liberal socio-economic stance. On 28 November 2008 he was elected as new federal party chairman by 89.6% of delegates at a party conference in Wels.
After two thromboses he suffered a pulmonary embolism in March 2011. A few weeks later on 13 April he resigned from all political functions. His successor will be the current Foreign Minister Michael Spindelegger.[1]
He is the nephew of Erwin Pröll.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Josef Pröll. |
- (German) Josef Pröll at the ÖVP website
References
- ↑ orf.at: Pröll legt alle Ämter nieder
Political offices | ||
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Preceded by Wilhelm Molterer |
Agriculture Minister of Austria 2003 – 2008 |
Succeeded by Nikolaus Berlakovich |
Preceded by Wilhelm Molterer |
Vice Chancellor of Austria 2008 – 2011 |
Succeeded by Michael Spindelegger |
Preceded by Wilhelm Molterer |
Finance Minister of Austria 2008 – 2011 |
Succeeded by Maria Fekter |
Party political offices | ||
Preceded by Wilhelm Molterer |
ÖVP Party Chairman 2008 – 2011 |
Succeeded by Michael Spindelegger |
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