Curriculum vitae
Wolfgang Schüssel was born
in Vienna on 7 June 1945. Following his
elementary schooling, he attended a well-known
classical grammar school in Vienna (the
"Schottengymnasium") where he took his secondary
school leaving certificate in 1963. He went on
to study at Vienna University and received a
Doctorate in Law in 1968.
Schüssel was secretary of
the parliamentary group of the Austrian People's
Party (ÖVP) from 1968 to 1975; from 1975 to
April, 1991 he was Secretary General of the
Austrian Business Federation, a sub-organisation
of the People's Party.
On 24 April 1989 Schüssel
became Minister for Economic Affairs in the
coalition government formed by the Austrian
Social Democratic Party (SPÖ) and the People's
Party under Chancellor Franz Vranitzky.
At the 30th Party Congress
of the ÖVP, Schüssel was elected national leader
of the Party on 22 April 1995.
On 4 May 1995 Wolfgang
Schüssel was sworn in as Vice-Chancellor and
Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs in Franz
Vranitzky fourth government. He held the same
posts in Chancellor Vranitzky's fifth
government.
In Chancellor Klima's
first government, from 28 January 1997 to 4
February 2000, Schüssel was again
Vice-Chancellor and Federal Minister for Foreign
Affairs.
On 4 February 2000
Wolfgang Schüssel was sworn in as Federal
Chancellor. On 28 February 2003 he was sworn in
as Federal Chancellor again.
