Josef Pröll

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Josef Pröll
Minister of Agriculture
In office 28 February 2003 – 2 December 2008
Chancellor	Wolfgang Schüssel Alfred Gusenbauer
Preceded by	Wilhelm Molterer
Succeeded by	Nikolaus Berlakovich

Personal details
Born	(1968-09-14) 14 September 1968 (age 55) Stockerau, Austria
Political party	Austrian People's

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.

References

^ orf.at: Pröll legt alle Ämter nieder

External links

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(in German) Josef Pröll at the ÖVP website

Political offices
Preceded by Wilhelm Molterer	Minister of Agriculture 2003 – 2008	Succeeded by Nikolaus Berlakovich
Preceded by Wilhelm Molterer	Vice-Chancellor of Austria 2008 – 2011	Succeeded by Michael Spindelegger
Preceded by Wilhelm Molterer	Minister of Finance 2008 – 2011	Succeeded by Maria Fekter
Party political offices
Preceded by Wilhelm Molterer	Chair of the People's Party 2008 – 2011	Succeeded by Michael Spindelegger

v t e Vice-Chancellors of Austria
First Republic	Jodok Fink Ferdinand Hanusch Eduard Heinl Walter Breisky Felix Frank Leopold Waber Franz Dinghofer Karl Hartleb Vinzenz Schumy Carl Vaugoin Richard Schmitz Johannes Schober Franz Winkler Emil Fey Ernst Rüdiger Starhemberg Eduard Baar-Baarenfels Ludwig Hülgerth Edmund Glaise-Horstenau	Second Republic	Adolf Schärf Bruno Pittermann Fritz Bock Hermann Withalm Rudolf Häuser Hannes Androsch Fred Sinowatz Norbert Steger Alois Mock Josef Riegler Erhard Busek Wolfgang Schüssel Susanne Riess-Passer Herbert Haupt Hubert Gorbach Wilhelm Molterer Josef Pröll Michael Spindelegger Reinhold Mitterlehner Wolfgang Brandstetter Heinz-Christian Strache Hartwig Löger Clemens Jabloner Werner Kogler

v t e Chair of the Austrian People's Party
Leopold Figl Julius Raab Alfons Gorbach Josef Klaus Hermann Withalm Karl Schleinzer Josef Taus Alois Mock Josef Riegler Erhard Busek Wolfgang Schüssel Wilhelm Molterer Josef Pröll Michael Spindelegger Reinhold Mitterlehner Sebastian Kurz

Faymann I cabinet
Werner Faymann Josef Pröll Michael Spindelegger Gabriele Heinisch-Hosek Alois Stöger Maria Fekter Claudia Bandion-Ortner Norbert Darabos Gerald Klug Nikolaus Berlakovich Rudolf Hundstorfer Claudia Schmied Doris Bures Reinhold Mitterlehner Johannes Hahn Johanna Mikl-Leitner		Coat of Arms of Austria

v t e The Gusenbauer Cabinet
Alfred Gusenbauer Doris Bures/Heidrun Silhavy Ursula Plassnik Wilhelm Molterer Andrea Kdolsky Günther Platter/Maria Fekter Maria Berger Norbert Darabos Josef Pröll Erwin Buchinger Claudia Schmied Werner Faymann Martin Bartenstein Johannes Hahn

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