Michael Spindelegger

Vice Chancellor and Federal Minister of Finance of the Republic of

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 –  1969 – 1977 Grammar School – Bundesrealgymnasium Mödling  1977 – 1978 Military Service in Mautern and Götzendorf (Officer’s Training)  1978 – 1983 – 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  12/1993 - 3/1995 MP – Member of the National Assembly  01/1995 – 10/1996 MEP – Member of the (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