Reinhold Mitterlehner

Reinhold Mitterlehner (born 10 December 1955) is an Austrian politician of the Austrian People's Party (ÖVP) who served as minister of economy in Austria's government from 2008 until 2017. In September 2014 he also became vice chancellor of Austria and chairman of the ÖVP. On 9 May 2016 he briefly assumed powers and duties as Acting Chancellor of Austria while his coalition partner, the Social Democratic Party, underwent a change in leadership. After a series of quarrels within the grand coalition as well as his own party, Mitterlehner announced his resignation on 10 May 2017, which became effective on 17 May 2017.

Reinhold Mitterlehner
Vice-Chancellor of Austria
In office
1 September 2014  17 May 2017
ChancellorWerner Faymann
Christian Kern
Preceded byMichael Spindelegger
Succeeded byWolfgang Brandstetter
Chair of the People's Party
In office
8 November 2014  15 May 2017
Preceded byMichael Spindelegger
Succeeded bySebastian Kurz
Minister of Economics
In office
2 December 2008  17 May 2017
ChancellorWerner Faymann
Christian Kern
Preceded byMartin Bartenstein
Succeeded byHarald Mahrer
Personal details
Born (1955-12-10) 10 December 1955
Helfenberg, Austria
Political partyPeople's Party
Children3
Alma materJohannes Kepler University Linz
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.