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Eckart Ratz

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Eckart Ratz
Minister of the Interior
In office
22 May – 3 June 2019
ChancellorSebastian Kurz
Preceded byHerbert Kickl
Succeeded byWolfgang Peschorn
President of the Supreme Court of Justice
In office
1 January 2012 – 1 July 2018
Preceded byIrmgard Griss
Succeeded byElisabeth Lovrek
Vice President of the Supreme Court of Justice
In office
9 March 2011 – 1 January 2012
PresidentIrmgard Griss
Personal details
Born (1953-06-28) 28 June 1953 (age 71)
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

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  1. ^ "Prof. Dr. Eckart Ratz". The Network. Retrieved May 7, 2018.