Josef Pröll

Josef Pröll
Vice Chancellor of Austria
In office 2 December 2008 – 21 April 2011
President	Heinz Fischer
Chancellor	Werner Faymann
Preceded by	Wilhelm Molterer
Succeeded by	Michael Spindelegger
Finance Minister of Austria
In office 2 December 2008 – 21 April 2011
Chancellor	Werner Faymann
Preceded by	Wilhelm Molterer
Succeeded by	Maria Fekter
Agriculture Minister of Austria
In office 28 February 2003 – 2 December 2008
Chancellor	Wolfgang Schüssel Alfred Gusenbauer
Preceded by	Wilhelm Molterer
Succeeded by	Nikolaus Berlakovich
Chairman of Austrian People's Party (Österreichische Volkspartei - ÖVP)
In office 28 November 2008 – 13 April 2011
Chancellor	Alfred Gusenbauer Werner Faymann
Preceded by	Wilhelm Molterer
Succeeded by	Michael Spindelegger
Personal details
Born	14 September 1968 Stockerau, Austria
Political party	Austrian People's Party
Religion	Roman Catholic

Josef Pröll and Minister President of Bavaria Horst Seehofer at the 2008 EPP summit

Josef Pröll (born 14 September 1968 in Stockerau, Austria) is a former Austrian politician and was the chairman of the Austrian People's Party from 2008 until 2011. He served as Vice Chancellor and Minister of Finance.

Previously, he served as the Federal Minister of Agriculture, Forestry, Environment, and Water Management. He was also in charge of rethinking the party's positions and developing a more liberal socio-economic stance. On 28 November 2008 he was elected as new federal party chairman by 89.6% of delegates at a party conference in Wels.

After two thromboses he suffered a pulmonary embolism in March 2011. A few weeks later on 13 April he resigned from all political functions. His successor was Foreign Minister Michael Spindelegger.^[1]

He is the nephew of Erwin Pröll.

External links

• (German) Josef Pröll at the ÖVP website

References

1. orf.at: Pröll legt alle Ämter nieder