Wolfgang dish (* 7. June 1945 in Vienna) be a Austrian politician. He is the acting Federal Chancellor of the Republic of Austria, Federal Party chairman of the and present president of the European advice.

Beginning of its career

1968 locked Wolfgang dish the study of the jurisprudence with the acquisition of the doctor degree. Subsequently, it began its career in the From 1968 to 1975 he was a secretary of the parliament club of the Austrian people's party, from 1975 to 1991 Secretary-General of the Austrian restaurant federation, starting from 1979 of delegates to the national council and from 1987 to 1989 club chairman deputies of the It was involved both with the coalition negotiations of the with the with the reimpression large the coalition 1986 and with of Austria negotiations of accession with the European Union.

Minister in the large coalition

1989 became dish as a successor of Robert count Bundesminister for economic affairs in the large coalition under Federal Chancellor Dr. Franz Vranitzky, formed of and 1995 he was selected to the Federal Party chairman of the In the same year he became a vice-chancellor and Federal Minister for foreign affairs in the cabinet Vranitzky IV and to 12. March 1996 in the same functions in the cabinet Vranitzky V confirms. 1997 he was transferred in the same functions to the cabinet of the government climate. After the end of the large coalition it was short term up to the Angelobung of the cabinet dish I in the year 2000 club chairman of the in the national council.

Federal Chancellor

First office period

After the national council elections on 3 October 1999 and whereupon following the long party discussions agreed Wolfgang dish and Haider on a FP– coalition. Dish became on 4 February 2000 Austrian Federal Chancellor (cabinet dish I), although the with 26,9% of the valid voices had dropped back to the third place behind and (had received around 415 voices more than the Dish had announced before the elections for this case to go into opposition. The government participation of the oriented towards the right had both domestic (Thursday demonstrations) and international protests to the consequence. The governments of the remaining 14 European Union member states reduced the political contacts to the necessary minimum. In Austria these measures were called often "the sanctions ". In September 2000 the bilateral measures, after being present "the way report ", were again waived.

Second office period

Internal differences in the at that time led to the Party Congress in Knittelfeld at the 07.September 2002 and finally to the resignation from Vizekanzlerin Susanne Riess Passer, Ministers of Finance Karl-Heinz Grasser and Peter Westenthaler. On 24 November 2002 the under its guidance became with the preferred elections the national council after a record gain (+ 15.4%) with a being correct portion of 42,3% for the first time since the elections 1966 a again be correct-strongest party, and dish renewed the coalition with the (Federal Government dish II). In April 2005 the top management of the under guidance split itself off Haider, and created the alliance future Austria Despite this splitting its coalition partner dish resumed the coalition now with the

Political working

Dish became in the year 2000 as a first chairman since Josef Klaus (1966 - 1970) Austrian Federal Chancellor. Although it was originally added like his predecessor Erhard Busek to the liberal wing of the it understood to collect it also the conservative part of its organized party behind itself. Since the beginnings of its political activity it sat down for budget discipline and reforms in the public service and the put under state control industry ("more private less state"). At all its government of large and drastic reforms (about pension reform) is coined/shaped, which left their traces in the political landscape of Austria.

As a Federal Chancellor it acquired itself the call of a skillful Verhandlers, in addition, cool tactician. Critics mean that he would have caused irritations and lack of understanding in the population by a too high reform speed particularly at the beginning its chancellor shank. The Oppostionsparteien calls its politics neokonservativ. Its restraint with commentating of statements of the coalition partner brought in the surname being silent chancellor for it. Its trailers see it in contrast to this as a turning chancellor, who converted necessary reforms, which the consent politics of the preceding large coalitions would have Critics particularly take it the government coalition badly with the Jrg Haiders. Others mean however, it is a success of of political strategy that the in all elections of the last years, with exception of the elections of the federal parliament had to accept 2004 in substantial losses.

Under the chancellor shank Wolfgang numerous deeply seizing measures and reforms were accomplished, among them the restitution payments at victims of the national socialism, a pension reform (abolishment of the early retirement, income lowering with increased pension start age) with the goal of the standardization of the different pension systems on federal level, the increase of the family allowance by the introduction of the child benefit, the structure second (operational; "Dispatching again") and third pension column (nationally, critics see promoted private precaution a national promotion of the insurance economy), an administrative reform, comprehensive and partly disputed privatisations of national enterprises, a tax revision, the introduction of study fees and those very disputed acquisition of interceptors.

Since the year 2000 the political landscape of Austria changed fundamentally. Under chancellor shank had to accept the also internationally disputed oriented towards the right, which was after the national council elections 1999 second-strongest Kraft behind the high losses, which led finally to splitting this party into and "alto under the guidance of Heinz Christian Strache. The FP– coalition led also to a new distribution of power in the political system of Austria. Before the "turning government dish I" was dominated Austria by the Proporzsystem of and also trade union and entrepreneur representatives played a substantial role in the political will formation in the framework the management and industry shank. This Austrian characteristic found an end under the chancellor shank Wolfgang Critics see now new allocations of power and Postenschacher between and

European advice president

Dish followed Tony Blair with 1.Januar 2006 as an advice president of the European union. It is expected among other things by it to find a solution for an European Union condition.

Dish private

Dish is married with the Psychotherapeutin Dr. Krista dish and has two children, his daughter Nina is an actress. Dish plays piano, accordion, guitar and cello besides is it an inspired Bergwanderer and football player.

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• Office of the Federal Chancellor

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