Alfred Gusenbauer

Quick Facts

Full Name	Alfred Gusenbauer
Occupation	Politician
Date Of Birth	Feb 8, 1960(1960-02-08)
Age	64
Birthplace	St. Polten
Country	Austria
Birth City	St. Polten
Horoscope	Pisces

Alfred Gusenbauer Biography

Alfred Gusenbauer is one of the most popular and richest Politician who was born on February 8, 1960 in St. Polten, St. Polten, Austria. Gusenbauer was born in Sankt Pölten in the state of Lower Austria on 8 February 1960. He was educated at a high school in Wieselburg and studied political science, philosophy and jurisprudence at the University of Vienna, where he obtained a doctorate in political science in 1987. Gusenbauer was federal leader of the SPÖ youth wing, the Socialist Youth (SJ) from 1984 to 1990; vice-president of the International Union of Socialist Youth from 1985 to 1989 and vice-president of the Socialist International in 1989. He was then made a senior research fellow in the economic policy department of the Lower Austria section of the Chamber of Labour from 1990 to 1999.

In the Bundesrat, Gusenbauer was chairman of the Committee for Development Co- operation from 1996 to 1999. In 2000, he was elected leader of the SPÖ Group in the Bundesrat and also as secretary-general of the SPÖ. Under his leadership in the 2002 elections the SPÖ improved its vote and gained four seats, but failed to defeat the Austrian People’s Party (ÖVP) government of Chancellor Wolfgang Schüssel. Gusenbauer had campaigned on a platform of more social spending and certain tax cuts.

In July 2007, Gusenbauer led the Austrian delegation to the 119th session of the International Olympic Committee in Guatemala City to present the proposal for Salzburg as host of the 2014 Winter Olympics; the proposal eventually lost against Sochi, whose bid was presented by President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia.

After the 2006 elections, the SPÖ was the largest single party but had no absolute majority of the parliamentary seats. A grand coalition between the ÖVP and the SPÖ was considered the most likely outcome. After prolonged negotiations, Gusenbauer became chancellor on 11 January 2007 at the head of an SPÖ-ÖVP coalition.

In 1991, Gusenbauer was elected SPÖ chairman in Ybbs an der Donau and a member of the Lower Austria party executive following the resignation of SPÖ chairman Viktor Klima. In the same year he was elected to the Bundesrat (the upper house of the Austrian Parliament) as a deputy for Lower Austria. He was a member of the Austrian delegation to the parliamentary meeting of the Council of Europe in 1991 and was chairman of the social committee of the Council of Europe from 1995 to 1998.

Alfred Gusenbauer Net Worth

Alfred Gusenbauer is one of the richest Politician from Austria. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Alfred Gusenbauer 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Alfred Gusenbauer (born 8 February 1960) is an Austrian politician who until 2008 spent his entire professional life as an employee of the Social Democratic Party of Austria (SPÖ) or as a parliamentary representative. He headed the SPÖ from 2000 to 2008, and served as Chancellor of Austria from January 2007 to December 2008. Since then he has pursued a career as a consultant and lecturer, and as a member of supervisory boards of Austrian companies.

In 1984, Gusenbauer, then leader of Austria’s Young Socialists, caused controversy in Austria when he knelt and kissed the still-Communist tarmac at Moscow’s Domodedovo airport – in mockery of Pope John Paul II.

During 2006, the SPÖ was handicapped by its involvement in the “BAWAG scandal” in which directors of the BAWAG, an Austrian bank owned by the Austrian Trade Union Federation (Österreichischer Gewerkschaftsbund, ÖGB), were accused of corruption, embezzlement and illicit speculation. The scandal led in March to the resignation of ÖGB head Fritz Verzetnitsch. The SPÖ as a party was not involved in the fraud but Gusenbauer found it politically expedient to exclude ÖGB leaders from the lists of SPÖ candidates, drawing criticism from the ÖGB.

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In an article about Western leaders working for authoritarian regimes, Associated Press reported that Gusenbauer works as a consultant to Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev. In September 2013, he became an advisor to the Serbian Deputy Prime Minister and leader of the Serbian Progressive Party Aleksandar Vucic. In 2018, reports surfaced claiming that Gusenbauer had met with members of Congress in Washington as part of a 2013 lobbying campaign orchestrated by Paul Manafort on behalf of Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych.

Facts & Trivia

Alfred Ranked on the list of most popular Politician. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Austria. Alfred Gusenbauer celebrates birthday on February 8 of every year.

The 2018 February 16 indictment of Paul Manafort unsealed on 23 February as part of the Special Counsel investigation (2017–2019) alleges that Foreign Politicians hypothesized to be Romano Prodi and Gusenbauer took payments exceeding $2m from Manafort to promote the case of his client, then-President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovich.

Top Facts about Alfred Gusenbauer

1. Alfred Gusenbauer served as Chancellor of Austria from 2007-2008.
2. He was born on February 8, 1960 in St. Pölten, Austria.
3. Gusenbauer was the leader of the Social Democratic Party of Austria (SPÖ) from 2000-2008.
4. He holds a PhD in political science from Vienna University.
5. During his tenure as Chancellor, he focused on social justice and environmental issues.
6. Gusenbauer is known for his support of European integration and cooperation.
7. In 2013, he founded the Vienna-based think tank FEPS (Foundation for European Progressive Studies).
8. He has authored several books on politics and economics.
9. Gusenbauer is married with two children.
10. As of 2021, he remains active in politics and international affairs as a consultant and commentator.