Eckart Ratz Explained

Eckart Ratz
Office:Minister of the Interior
Term Start:22 May
Term End:3 June 2019
Chancellor:Sebastian Kurz
Predecessor:Herbert Kickl
Successor:Wolfgang Peschorn
Office1:President of the Supreme Court of Justice
Term Start1:1 January 2012
Term End1:1 July 2018
Predecessor1:Irmgard Griss
Successor1:Elisabeth Lovrek
Office2:Vice President of the Supreme Court of Justice
President2:Irmgard Griss
Term Start2:9 March 2011
Term End2:1 January 2012
Birth Date:28 June 1953
Birth Place:Bregenz, Austria

Eckart Ratz (born 28 June 1953) is an Austrian jurist who served as a judge and the president of the Supreme Court of Justice. From 2011 to 2012 he was a vice president of the Supreme Court.[1]
On 22 May 2019, he was appointed Austrian minister of the interior, replacing Herbert Kickl who had been dismissed from office by President Alexander Van der Bellen. Originally, Ratz was going to serve as a cabinet minister of the transitional government until the General Elections in fall 2019; however, the entire second Kurz government was ousted by a vote of no-confidence, after it lost support in parliament by the former coalition partner FPÖ.

References

  1. Web site: Prof. Dr. Eckart Ratz. The Network. May 7, 2018.