Johannes Hahn

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Full Name	Johannes Hahn
Occupation	Politician
Date Of Birth	Dec 2, 1957(1957-12-02)
Age	67
Birthplace	Vienna
Country	Austria
Horoscope	Sagittarius

Johannes Hahn Biography

Johannes Hahn is one of the most popular and richest Politician who was born on December 2, 1957 in Vienna, Austria. Johannes Hahn (born 2 December 1957) is an Austrian politician who has been the European Commissar in charge of Budget and Administration since 1 December 2019.

He is a divorced father of one son, who was born in 1988. His present partner has been Susanne Riess.

At 22, he was diagnosed with cancer and until 1999, he had three relapses.

From 2003 to 2007 Hahn was a member of the Vienna regional government (without portfolio). Since 2004 Hahn has been Chairman of the Austrian People’s Party in Vienna and, as such, was the party frontrunner in the October 2005 regional elections in which an increase in votes for the ÖVP (and a slight loss in votes for the FPÖ) made the ÖVP the second strongest party in the regional parliament, with 18 seats.

Hahn received his doctorate in philosophy at The University of Vienna in 1987. In May 2007, media researcher Stefan Weber accused Hahn of copying pages of his PhD thesis from different books , without properly citing them. The plagiarism claim was not verified by an expert panel from the University of Zurich that looked into the issue. Other academics have disputed this conclusion. It was reported that the University of Vienna looked into the issue but chose not to begin an examination, noting that Hahn has never presented “other people’s intellectual property” as his own. A new accusation of plagiarism surfaced in February of 2011, in the event that Austrian Green Member of Parliament Peter Pilz commissioned Stefan Weber to revise Hahn’s PhD thesis. The end of May 2011 the expert group released its findings, which included the plagiarism cases in 76 that together comprise at minimum 17.2 percent of Hahn’s dissertation. Hahn dismissed the accusations and said they proved to be “politically motivated, hardly surprising and not relevant.” In April of 2011 Hahn’s University of Vienna asked the Austrian Agency for Research Integrity to look into Hahn’s dissertation. The university in November 2011 issued an official statement stating that, according to the university’s view, Hahn’s doctoral thesis was not a case of plagiarism. The vice-chancellor at the university said the following “today, such a dissertation would not be accepted”. The agency’s decision was based on three reports from outside experts. It is not the case that neither the Agency for Research Integrity nor the University of Vienna would reveal the identities of the three external experts.

Johannes Hahn Net Worth

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

Hahn attended his home at the University of Vienna and began his political career with the youth organization that was part of the Austrian People’s Party (JVP) which was his home. He served as head of the Vienna group from the year 1980 until 1985. Through the 80s Hahn wrote the very first European manifesto for the OVP’s youth wing where he was the deputy leader. He took a strongly pro-European view at a point where many members of the OVP were skeptical about the accession of Austria to the EU.

From 1987 until 1989, Hahn was secretary general of The Austrian Managers Association, and was active in the Austrian Federal Youth Council (OBJR) as well as the General Secretariat of the Austrian People’s Party (OVP). In 1992, Hahn was appointed secretary of the Austrian People’s Party in Vienna and in 1996 the party elected him to the Vienna regional council, which was elected until 2003. In the same time (1997-2003) He was an official director on the board of supervisory for Novomatic which is an online casino and gaming management firm that he later named as CEO in 2003.

From 1997 onwards, Hahn was member of the executive board of Novomatic. In 2003, he became the CEO. Novomatic is an international gambling company, founded by the billionaire Johann Graf in 1980. There are several controversies about the company (Novomatic subsidiary G. Matica in Italy; gambling in Poland investigations by the Romanian National Anticorruption Directorate)

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Who is Johannes Hahn Dating?

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With Hahn as Minister of Science Austria finally become, on 1 July 2008, the 14th member of the European Southern Observatory (ESO), which astronomers had been calling for Austria to join for over thirty years . Hahn himself stated that joining ESO had been one of the most significant political decisions in the field of research for 20 years, from which not only astronomers but also physicists, mathematicians, software specialists and high-tech companies would benefit. At the beginning of 2009, contracts had been formulated that will benefit Austrian scientists to the total amount of 5 million euro, leading to a boom in the field of Austrian astronomy.

Facts & Trivia

Johannes Ranked on the list of most popular Politician. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Austria. Johannes Hahn celebrates birthday on December 2 of every year.

In November 2009 Hahn was nominated by the Austrian Federal Government to succeed Benita Ferrero-Waldner as member of the European Commission from Austria. Reportedly, while the ÖVP’s first choice for Commissioner would have been Wilhelm Molterer, this was vetoed by chancellor Werner Faymann, opening the road for Hahn. Faymann later confirmed him in 2014

Top Facts about Johannes Hahn

1. Johannes Hahn is an Austrian politician and diplomat.
2. He was born on December 2, 1957 in Vienna, Austria.
3. Hahn served as the European Commissioner for Budget and Administration from 2014 to 2019.
4. He has also held various positions in the Austrian government, including Minister of Science and Research.
5. Hahn is a member of the conservative Austrian People’s Party (ÖVP).
6. He studied law at the University of Vienna and earned a doctorate in jurisprudence.
7. In addition to his political career, Hahn has worked as a lawyer and university professor.
8. He speaks several languages fluently, including German, English, French, Italian and Spanish.
9. Hahn has been involved in numerous international organizations such as the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the World Bank Group.
10. As European Commissioner for Budget and Administration, he oversaw a budget of over €160 billion per year.