Michael Spindelegger
Vice Chancellor and Federal Minister of Finance of the Republic of Austria
Date and Place of Birth: Mödling, 21 December 1959 Marital Status: married, 2 children Academic Degree: Dr.iuris – Doctor of Law (PhD)
Education
1965 – 1969 Primary School in Hinterbrühl – Lower Austria 1969 – 1977 Grammar School – Bundesrealgymnasium Mödling 1977 – 1978 Military Service in Mautern and Götzendorf (Officer’s Training) 1978 – 1983 University of Vienna – Law Faculty (1983 Graduation as Doktor iuris – Doctor of Law)
Professional Career
1982 – 1983 Assistant Lecturer and Researcher at the Institute of Criminal Law – University of Vienna 1983 – 1984 Judges’ Assistant at several Courts of Law in Vienna 1984 – 1987 Civil Servant for the Federal State Lower Austria – employed in the Headquarter as well as in the Country Councils of Gmünd and Baden 1987 – 1990 Member in the Cabinet of the Minister of Defence 1990 – 1993 Trainee Programme at the Federation of Austrian Industrialists, including Work Experience at Alcatel Austria, Siemens and the Austrian Power Industry, as well as a four-months Internship in German 1993 – 1994 GiroCredit (Austrian bank), employed within the Secretary of the Board; Strategic Management
Political Career
1989 – 1991 Speaker on European Relations at the ÖAAB, the Employees’ Association of the Austrian People’s Party – ÖVP 1991 - 2009 Deputy Head of the ÖAAB 1992 – 1993 Member of the Federal Chamber in the Austrian Parliament 12/1993 - 3/1995 MP – Member of the National Assembly 01/1995 – 10/1996 MEP – Member of the European Parliament (ÖVP-EVP), Brussels, Member in the Parliamentary Committee on Economics, Currency Issues and Industrial Policy, Deputy Member in the Committee for Social Issues and Employment since 10/1996 MP – Member of the National Assembly in the Austrian Parliament 10/1996 – 10/2006 Party’s Speaker on Foreign Affairs, Head of the Parliamentary Committee on Foreign Affairs since 07/1998 Chairman of the NÖAAB (ÖAAB of Lower Austria) 01/2000 – 1/2007 Member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe 03/2000 – 10/2006 Deputy Parliamentary Group Leader of the Austrian Peoples Party 01/2002 – 10/2006 Head of the Austrian Delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe 10/2006 – 11/2008 2nd President of the Austrian National Council 12/2008 - 12/2013 Federal Minister for European and International Affairs 2009 - 2011 Head of the ÖAAB Since 21 April 2011 Vice Chancellor of the Republic of Austria Since 16 December 2013 Federal Minister of Finance