Magnus Brunner | |
Office: | European Commissioner for Internal Affairs and Migration |
Term Start: | 1 December 2024 |
President: | Ursula von der Leyen |
Predecessor: | Ylva Johansson |
Office1: | Minister of Finance |
Term Start1: | 6 December 2021 |
Term End1: | 20 November 2024 |
Chancellor1: | Karl Nehammer |
Predecessor1: | Gernot Blümel |
Successor1: | Gunter Mayr (acting) |
Office2: | State Secretary for Climate Action and Energy |
Term Start2: | 7 January 2020 |
Term End2: | 6 December 2021 |
Chancellor2: | Sebastian Kurz Alexander Schallenberg |
Office3: | Member of the Federal Council |
Term Start3: | 1 May 2009 |
Term End3: | 6 January 2020 |
Predecessor3: | Jürgen Weiss |
Successor3: | Christine Schwarz-Fuchs |
Constituency3: | Vorarlberg |
Birth Date: | 6 May 1972 |
Birth Place: | Höchst, Voralberg, Austria |
Party: | ÖVP |
Alma Mater: | University of Innsbruck University of Vienna King's College London |
Magnus Brunner (pronounced as /de/; born 6 May 1972) is an Austrian politician of the Austrian People's Party (ÖVP) who has been serving as European Commissioner for Internal Affairs and Migration since December 2024. Previously, he served as Austria's finance minister from 2021 until 2024 in the government of Chancellor Karl Nehammer.
Brunner studied jurisprudence at the University of Innsbruck, the University of Vienna (Dr. iur.) and King's College London (LLM).
Brunner was a member of the Federal Council for the Austrian People's Party (ÖVP) from 1 May 2009 until 6 January 2020.[1]
He served as state secretary (Staatssekretär) in the Ministry of Climate Action, Environment, Energy, Mobility, Innovation, and Technology in the government of Chancellor Sebastian Kurz.
Following the 2024 European elections, the Austrian government nominated Brunner as the country's European Commissioner serving under President Ursula von der Leyen.[2]