Josef Pröll Explained

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.

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  1. orf.at: Pröll legt alle Ämter nieder