Wolfgang Brandstetter
Wolfgang Brandstetter | |
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| Member of the Constitutional Court | |
| Assumed office 27 February 2018 | |
| President | Brigitte Bierlein |
| Vice President | Christoph Grabenwarter |
| 38th Vice-Chancellor of Austria | |
| In office 17 May 2017 – 18 December 2017 | |
| President | Alexander Van der Bellen |
| Chancellor | Christian Kern |
| Preceded by | Reinhold Mitterlehner |
| Succeeded by | Heinz-Christian Strache |
| Minister of Justice | |
| In office 16 December 2013 – 18 December 2017 | |
| Chancellor | Werner Faymann Christian Kern |
| Preceded by | Beatrix Karl |
| Succeeded by | Josef Moser |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 7 October 1957 Haag, Austria |
| Political party | Independent |
| Children | 3 |
| Education | University of Vienna |
Wolfgang Brandstetter is an independent Austrian politician, law-professor and constitutional judge. He served as the Minister of Justice of Austria, as well as the country's Vice Chancellor.[1][2]
He left office upon the swearing-in of Heinz-Christian Strache to his position on 18 December 2017.[3] In February 2018 Brandstetter was appointed as a member of the Constitutional Court of Austria.
Career
In 2007 he became director of the Institute for Austrian and European Economic Criminal Law at the Vienna University of Economics and Business.[4]
Brandstetter was chosen to be a member of the Werner Faymann cabinet in December 2013, designated to serve as the country's Minister of Justice. He later succeeded Reinhold Mitterlehner in becoming the Vice-Chancellor of Austria in May 2017.[5][circular reference]
Honours
- Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Principality of Liechtenstein (11 February 2019).[6]
References
- ^ Ministry of Justice (December 17, 2017). "LEBENSLAUF:DR. WOLFGANG BRANDSTETTER".
- ^ Government of Austria (17 December 2017). "Federal Chancellor, Vice-Chancellor and Federal Ministers".
- ^ The Times of Israel (17 December 2017). "Heinz-Christian Strache, from neo-Nazi youth to Austria's next vice-chancellor".
- ^ Institute for Austrian and European Business Criminal Law (17 December 2017). "o. Univ.-Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Brandstetter".
{{cite web}}:|author=has generic name (help) - ^ Wikipedia (17 December 2017). "Wolfgang Brandstetter".
- ^ Volksblatt
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