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Austrian successor?

By Edward Steen
24.07.2008 / 00:00 CET
Wilhelm Molterer has just ended Austria's grand coalition, but its likely restoration could end his career.

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Curriculum Vitae

1955: Born Wilhelm Kletzmayer in Steyr, Upper Austria
1979-81: Assistant professor, department of agricultural policy, Johannes Kepler University, Linz
1980: Masters degree, social studies and economics
1981-84: Senior economic adviser, Austrian Farming Union
1982: Married Brigitte Mayr
1985-87: Working for State Councillor Leopold Hofinger, Upper Austria
1987-89: Adviser to Agriculture Minister Josef Riegler
1989-93: Head of Austrian Farmers' Union
1989: Head of cabinet, Agriculture Minister Franz Fischler
1990: Elected Member of Parliament
1993-94: Secretary-general, Austrian Peoples' Party (ÖVP)
1994-2000: Federal Minister of Agriculture and Forestry
2003-07: Chief whip, Austrian Peoples' Party in Parliament
2007: Vice-chancellor, federal minister of finance, and head of Austrian People's Party
2008: Candidate for federal chancellor
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