Josef Pröll | |
Office: | Vice-Chancellor of Austria |
Chancellor: | Werner Faymann |
Term Start: | 2 December 2008 |
Term End: | 21 April 2011 |
Predecessor: | Wilhelm Molterer |
Office2: | Minister of Finance |
Term Start2: | 2 December 2008 |
Term End2: | 21 April 2011 |
Predecessor2: | Wilhelm Molterer |
Successor2: | Maria Fekter |
Successor: | Michael Spindelegger |
Chancellor2: | Werner Faymann |
Office3: | Minister of Agriculture |
Term Start3: | 28 February 2003 |
Term End3: | 2 December 2008 |
Predecessor3: | Wilhelm Molterer |
Successor3: | Nikolaus Berlakovich |
Chancellor3: | Wolfgang Schüssel Alfred Gusenbauer |
Birth Date: | 14 September 1968 |
Birth Place: | Stockerau, Austria |
Party: | Austrian People's |
Josef Pröll (born 14 September 1968, in Stockerau, Austria) is an Austrian former politician who was the chairman of the Austrian People's Party from 2008 until 2011. He was Vice Chancellor and Minister of Finance.
Previously, he was 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 the 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 the Foreign Minister, Michael Spindelegger.[1]
He is the nephew of Erwin Pröll.