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The Teflon man

By Vanessa Mock
23.10.2008 / 00:00 CET
A man who has pulled his party back from the abyss and climbed to the peak of politics.

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Curriculum Vitae

1960: Born, Vienna
1972: Starts studies at Bundesreal Gymnasium in Vienna
1981: Joins Vienna's Young Socialists
1985: Chairman of Vienna's Youth Socialists
1985-88: Consultant at Vienna's Central Savings Bank
1985: Member of Vienna's state parliament
1988-94: Heads up Vienna's board for tenants' rights
1995-2007: Councillor for housing and urban development in Vienna
2007-08: Minister for transport, technology and innovation
June 2008: Appointed leader of the Social Democratic Party (SPÖ)
October 2008: Begins talks to form a coalition government
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