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Alexander "Sascha" Van der Bellen (German: [alɛkˈsandɐ fan deːɐ̯ ˈbɛlən]; born 18 January 1944), also referred to by the abbreviation VdB, is an Austrian politician serving as the president of Austria since 2017.
Official Website of the Austrian President; Austria: Heads of State: 1918–1938 and 1938–2017
The president also confers the Decorations of Honour for Services to the Republic of Austria, the most prestigious state decoration Austria has to offer. It is conferred for extraordinary achievements, especially in the areas of politics, science and culture, at the request of the Cabinet.
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Austria became a federal, representative democratic republic through the Federal Constitutional Law of 1920. The political system of the Second Republic with its nine federal states is based on the constitution of 1920, amended in 1929, which was re-enacted on 1 May 1945. [120] The president of Austria is the head of state. The president is ...
Thomas Klestil (German pronunciation: [ˈtoːmas ˈklɛstɪl] ⓘ; 4 November 1932 – 6 July 2004) was an Austrian diplomat and politician who served as the president of Austria from 1992 until his death in 2004. He was elected in 1992 and re-elected in 1998.
Adolf Schärf, former Austrian president; Johannes Schober, Chancellor (First Republic) Georg Ritter von Schönerer, radical German-nationalistic politician in the Habsburg monarchy; Sophie Schulz, member of the Landtag of Lower Austria; Kurt Schuschnigg, dictator and Chancellor of Austria from 1934 to 1938; Wolfgang Schüssel, Chancellor of ...
Politics portal; Kurt Josef Waldheim (German: [ˈkʰʊɐ̯t ˈvalthaɪm] ⓘ; 21 December 1918 – 14 June 2007) was an Austrian politician and diplomat.Waldheim was the secretary-general of the United Nations from 1972 to 1981 and the president of Austria from 1986 to 1992.