Josef Pröll
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Josef Pröll | |
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35th 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 |
Minister of Finance | |
In office 2 December 2008 – 21 April 2011 | |
Chancellor | Werner Faymann |
Preceded by | Wilhelm Molterer |
Succeeded by | Maria Fekter |
Minister of Agriculture | |
In office 28 February 2003 – 2 December 2008 | |
Chancellor | Wolfgang Schüssel Alfred Gusenbauer |
Preceded by | Wilhelm Molterer |
Succeeded by | Nikolaus Berlakovich |
Chairman of the People's Party | |
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 |
Josef Pröll (born 14 September 1968, in Stockerau, Austria) is an Austrian former politician who was the chairman of the Austrian People's Party from 2008 until 2011. He was Vice Chancellor and Minister of Finance.
Previously, he was 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 the 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 was the Foreign Minister, Michael Spindelegger.[1]
He is the nephew of Erwin Pröll.
References[]
- ^ orf.at: Pröll legt alle Ämter nieder
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- Members of the National Council (Austria)
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