Consensus builder

By Silke Wettach - 07.10.2010 / 04:25 CET

The Austrian MEP has reinvented himself as a banking guru.

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Curriculum Vitae

1957: Born, Ybbs an der Donau
1976-79: President, student wing of the Austrian People's Party (Union Höherer Schüler)
1981-90: President, youth wing of the Austrian People's Party (Junge ÖVP)
1981-90: Vice-president, Young European Christian Democrats
1981-95: Employee of various banks and insurance companies
1983-90: Member of Austria's parliament
1996: Master's degree in political science, Vienna University
1997: Master's degree in business law, University of St Gallen
1999-: Member of the European Parliament
2004-: Vice-president, European People's Party group in the Parliament