Hans Peter Doskozil

Hans Peter Doskozil (born 21 June 1970) is an Austrian politician, member of the Social Democratic Party of Austria. He has previously served in cabinet and is currently the governor (Landeshauptmann) of Burgenland since 28 February 2019. In the 2020 Burgenland election, he led his party to win a majority of the seats in Burgenland's parliament.

Hans Peter Doskozil
Governor of Burgenland
Assumed office
28 February 2019
Preceded byHans Niessl
Minister of Defense and Sports
In office
28 January 2016 – 18 December 2017
ChancellorWerner Faymann
Christian Kern
Preceded byGerald Klug
Succeeded byMario Kunasek
Councilor of Finances, Infrastructure and Culture in Burgenland
Assumed office
21 December 2017
GovernorHans Niessl
Personal details
Born (1970-06-21) 21 June 1970
Vorau, Styria, Austria
Political partySocial Democratic Party
Alma materUniversity of Vienna

Education

Doskozil studied law at the University of Vienna from 1994 until 2000 (Mag. iur.).

Political career

On migrant policy, as Governor, Doskozil has at times adopted a harder line than his predecessor Gerald Klug. In 2016, he successfully introduced new asylum measures, including a process under which migrants could be turned away at the border within an hour, which could be activated if lawmakers decree public order is threatened.[1]

Also during his time in office, Austria sued Airbus and the Eurofighter consortium in 2017, alleging wilful deception and fraud linked to a near 2 billion euro ($2.1 billion) jet order in 2003.[2]

References
  1. Kirsti Knolle (April 27, 2016), Austrian parliament passes package on tougher asylum rules Reuters.
  2. Kirsti Knolle and Alexandra Schwarz-Goerlich (February 16, 2017), Austria sues Airbus over alleged Eurofighter fraud Reuters.
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