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Wolfgang Schüssel
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Person

Wolfgang Schüssel

b. 1945

Chancellor of Austria from 2000 to 2007

Born
7 Jun 1945 · Vienna
Part ofAustria112 BCE – today

Life timeline

Their life from birth to death. On the timeline, world events of the time are shown faintly.

Showing 93 years
  1. 7 Jun 1945BornBorn in Vienna
  2. 1990RoleMember of the National Council of Austria
  3. 1994RoleMember of the National Council of Austria
  4. 1995 – 2000RoleFederal Minister of Foreign Affairs of Austria
  5. 1995 – 2000RoleVice-Chancellor of Austria
  6. 1995AwardGrand Cross of the Order of Isabella the Catholic
  7. 1996RoleMember of the National Council of Austria
  8. 1999 – 2000RoleMember of the National Council of Austria
  9. 2000 – 2007RoleFederal Chancellor of Austria
  10. 2002 – 2003RoleMember of the National Council of Austria
  11. 2006RoleMember of the National Council of Austria
  12. 2007RoleFederal Minister of the Interior of Austria
  13. 2007AwardOrder of Merit of Baden-Württemberg
  14. 2008 – 2011RoleMember of the National Council of Austria
  15. 2026AwardHonourable Member of the European Order of Merit

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Meanwhile in the world

Major world events during their lifetime (1945 – today).

  1. 1945Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
  2. 1945 – 1946Nuremberg trials
  3. 19501950 FIFA World Cup
  4. 1950 – 1953Korean War
  5. 1953 – 1959Cuban Revolution
  6. 19541954 FIFA World Cup
  7. 1955 – 1975Vietnam War
  8. 1956Hungarian Revolution of 1956
  9. 1956Suez Crisis
  10. 19581958 FIFA World Cup
  11. 1959Antarctic Treaty System
  12. 19621962 FIFA World Cup
  13. 1962Cuban Missile Crisis
  14. 19661966 FIFA World Cup
  15. 1966 – 1976Cultural Revolution
  16. 1968Prague Spring
  17. 1969Apollo 11 Moon landing
  18. 19721972 Summer Olympics
  19. 19741974 FIFA World Cup
  20. 19781978 FIFA World Cup
  21. 1978 – 1979Iranian Revolution
  22. 1979 – 1989Soviet–Afghan War
  23. 1980 – 1988Iran–Iraq War
  24. 19841984 Summer Olympics
  25. 1985Schengen Agreement
  26. 19891989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre
  27. 1989Fall of the Berlin Wall
  28. 19901990 FIFA World Cup
  29. 1991Dissolution of the Soviet Union
  30. 19941994 FIFA World Cup
  31. 1994 – 1996First Chechen War
  32. 19981998 FIFA World Cup
  33. 2001 – 2021War in Afghanistan
  34. 2003 – 2011Iraq War
  35. 20042004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami
  36. 20062006 FIFA World Cup
  37. 20082008 Summer Olympics
  38. 2008Russo-Georgian War
  39. 20102010 Haiti earthquake
  40. 2010 – 2012Arab Spring

Biography

Wolfgang Schüssel (German pronunciation: [ˈvɔlfɡaŋ ˈʃʏsl̩]; born 7 June 1945) is a retired Austrian politician. He was Chancellor of Austria for two consecutive terms from February 2000 to January 2007. While being recognised as a rare example of an active reformer in contemporary Austrian politics, his governments were also highly controversial from the beginning, starting with the fact that he formed a coalition government with Jörg Haider's Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ) on both occasions. In 2011, he retired from being an active member of parliament due to a multitude of charges of corruption against members of his governments.

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