Josef Pröll

Contact address:

Hintere Zollamtsstraße 2b,
1030 Vienna, Austria
Tel.: +43 (0)1 514 33-
Fax: +43 (0)1 514 33-507 060
e-Mail:josef.proell@bmf.gv.at

Date of birth: 14 September 1968
Place of birth: Stockerau, Lower Austria
Nationality: Austria
Marital status: Married, 3 children

1978-1986

Federal Secondary School Hollabrunn, Lower Austria

1987-1993

Studies at the University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences, Vienna. Field of study: Agriculture. Branch of study: Agricultural economics.

06/93 – 03/98

Official at the Chamber of Agriculture of the Federal Province of Lower Austria

04/98 – 08/2000

Official in charge of economic policy at the Austrian Farmers’ Federation

04/98 – 08/2000

Assistant to Agnes Schierhuber, Member of the European Parliament

01/99 – 08/2000

Director of the Vienna Farmers’ Federation

15/08/2000 – 30/11/2001

Head of the Cabinet of Federal Minister Wilhelm Molterer at the Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and Water Management

12/01 – 02/2003

Director of the Austrian Farmers’ Federation

28/02/2003 – 02/12/2008

Federal Minister of Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and Water Management (BMLFUW)

29/09/2008 – 28/11/2008

Acting Chairman of the Austrian People's Party

Since 28 November 2008

Chairman of the Austrian People’s Party

Since 2 December 2008

Vice Chancellor and Federal Minister of Finance