Andreas Schieder

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born in April 1969 in Vienna

living as married; one son

attended school in Vienna

studied economics at the University of Vienna (Mag.rer.soc.oec.)

Vice-Chair of the Socialist Youth in Vienna (1989 – 1993)

Vice-President of the International Union of Socialist Youth - IUSY (1994 – 1997)

President of the European Young Socialists - ECOSY (1997 – 1999)

Chair of the district organization of the SPOE-Penzing (since 2002-ongoing)

Member of the Municipal Council of Vienna and City Councillor in Vienna (1997 – 2006)

Chair of the European Affairs Committee in Vienna (until 2006)

Chair of the Committee on Urban Planning and Traffic (until 2006)

Member of the EU - Committee of the Regions (CoR) (alternate; until 2006)

PES coordinator of the RELEX-Commission of the CoR (until 2006)

Member of the Austrian Parliament (since October 2006)

Member of the Parliamentarian Assembly of the Council of Europe (October 2007 - June 2008)

International Secretary of the Social Democratic Party of Austria (since 2007)

Spokesperson on Foreign Affairs for the SPOE (since October 2007)

Chairman of the Parliamentarian Committee on Foreign Affairs (since November 2007)

State Secretary in the Federal Chancellery of Austria (July 2008 – December 2008)

State Secretrary in the Federal Ministry of Finance (since 2 December 2008)