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Download CV Androsch Curriculum Vitae Dr. Hannes Androsch * 1938 – Vienna, Österreich Education: 1956 School leaving certificate, College of International Trade in Vienna 1959 Degree in Business Administration Profession: 1960 Chairman of the Vienna Section of the Austrian Union of Social Democratic Students (VSStÖ) 1962 Chairman of the Austrian Union of Social Democratic Students (VSStÖ) 1963–1967 Secretary, then consultant on economic issues for the Social Democratic parliamentary party 1966 Tax Consultant Stands for Parliament 1967 Member of Parliament 1968 Certified auditor and tax consultant PhD in Economics 1968–1970 Deputy State Commissioner at the Zentralsparkasse of Vienna 1970–1981 Austrian Federal Minister of Finance 1972–1983 Member of the National Executive Committee of the SPÖ 1974–1981 Member of the SPÖ Party Presidium and Deputy Party Chairman of the SPÖ 1976–1981 Austrian Vice-Chancellor 1979 Chairman of the OECD at ministerial level 1980 Chairman of the Interim Committee of the International Monetary Fund 1981–1988 Deputy General Manager of the Creditanstalt-Bankverein (January to June 1981) from July 1981General Manager 1983 Honorary Senator of the Vienna University of Economics and Business 1988–1989 Consultant at the World Bank 1989 Founding of AIC Androsch International Management Consulting GmbH 1994 Joined the management buyout of AT&S AG 2003–2013 Chairman of the University Council of the Mining University Leoben 2004 Establishment of the "Hannes Androsch Foundation at the Austrian Academy of Sciences", a non-profit foundation 2005 Austrian Academy of Sciences - Member of the Senate Proponent of the Exhibition of the State Treaty at Oberes Belvedere Vienna 2008 Dr.h.c. of the Bratislava School of Law, Slovakia Honorary Senator of the Mining University of Leoben 1 2008–2016 Vice Chairman of the Supervisory Board of FIMBAG Finanzmarktbeteiligung Aktiengesellschaft des Bundes from 2012 Chairman of the Supervisory Board of FIMBAG Finanzmarktbeteiligung Aktiengesellschaft des Bundes (until July 2016) 2009 Dr.h.c. of the University of New Orleans, USA 2010 Commissioner General of Austria of the Expo Shanghai 2010 2011 Initiator of the education referendum Honorary doctorate of the University of Salzburg 2012 Chairman of the Committee "Our Army" (initiative launched by the Social Democratic Party for the introduction of a professional army in Austria) 2013 Honorary doctorate of the Mining University Leoben 2015 Honorary Senator of TU Wien 2016 Honorary Senator of TU Graz 2018 Honorary Senator of Senate of Economy Mandates: AIC Androsch International Management Consulting GmbH, Chairman AT&S Austria Technologie & Systemtechnik AG, Chairman of the Supervisory Board Österreichische Salinen AG, Chairman of the Supervisory Board Salinen Austria AG, Chairman of the Supervisory Board EUROPTEN European Trans Energy GmbH, Chairman of the Supervisory Board AIT Austrian Institute of Technology GmbH, Chairman of the Supervisory Board RFTE the Austrian Council for Research and Technology Development, Chairman of the Council FFG Austrian Research Promotion Agency, Member of the Supervisory Board 2 .
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