Karl Nehammer

Karl Nehammer (born 18 October 1972)[1] is an Austrian politician of the Austrian People's Party (ÖVP) who has been serving as minister of the interior in the government of Chancellor Sebastian Kurz since January 2020.[2]

Karl Nehammer
Minister of the Interior
Assumed office
7 January 2020
ChancellorSebastian Kurz
Preceded byWolfgang Peschorn
Personal details
Born (1972-10-18) 18 October 1972
Vienna, Austria
Political partyAustrian People's Party

Under his leadership, the Austrian government filed charges in mid-2020 against a person who had confessed to spying for Turkey’s secret service.[3]

Political career

Nehammer led the government response following the 2020 Vienna attack.[4] He described the attacker as an "Islamist terrorist" and a sympathiser of the Islamic State[5] and admitted, that intelligence services under his jurisdiction had failed to communicate information that could have prevented the attack.Communication Failure

References
  1. "Karl Nehammer, MSc". Meine Abgeordneten (in German). Retrieved 8 January 2020.
  2. "Karl Nehammer, MSc" (in German). Republik Österreich Parlament. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
  3. Kirsti Knolle (September 1, 2020), Austria to file charges against Turkish spy: interior minister Reuters.
  4. "Vienna shooting: Austria hunts suspects after 'Islamist terror' attack". BBC. 3 November 2020. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
  5. "Vienna shooting: Austria launches manhunt after deadly 'terror' attack". BBC News. 3 November 2020.<


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