Wolfgang Brandstetter

Wolfgang Brandstetter is an independent Austrian politician, law-professor and constitutional judge. He served as the Minister of Justice of Austria, as well as the country's Vice Chancellor.[1][2]

Wolfgang Brandstetter
Member of the Constitutional Court
Assumed office
27 February 2018
PresidentBrigitte Bierlein
Vice PresidentChristoph Grabenwarter
38th Vice-Chancellor of Austria
In office
17 May 2017 – 18 December 2017
PresidentAlexander Van der Bellen
ChancellorChristian Kern
Preceded byReinhold Mitterlehner
Succeeded byHeinz-Christian Strache
Minister of Justice
In office
16 December 2013 – 18 December 2017
ChancellorWerner Faymann
Christian Kern
Preceded byBeatrix Karl
Succeeded byJosef Moser
Personal details
Born (1957-10-07) 7 October 1957
Haag, Austria
Political partyIndependent
Children3
EducationUniversity of Vienna

He left office upon the swearing-in of Heinz-Christian Strache to his position on 18 December 2017.[3] In February 2018 Brandstetter was appointed as a member of the Constitutional Court of Austria.

Career

In 2007 he became director of the Institute for Austrian and European Economic Criminal Law at the Vienna University of Economics and Business.[4]

Brandstetter was chosen to be a member of the Werner Faymann cabinet in December 2013, designated to serve as the country's Minister of Justice. He later succeeded Reinhold Mitterlehner in becoming the Vice-Chancellor of Austria in May 2017.[5]

Honours

References
  1. Ministry of Justice (December 17, 2017). "LEBENSLAUF:DR. WOLFGANG BRANDSTETTER".
  2. Government of Austria (17 December 2017). "Federal Chancellor, Vice-Chancellor and Federal Ministers".
  3. The Times of Israel (17 December 2017). "Heinz-Christian Strache, from neo-Nazi youth to Austria's next vice-chancellor".
  4. Institute for Austrian and European Business Criminal Law (17 December 2017). "o. Univ.-Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Brandstetter".
  5. Wikipedia (17 December 2017). "Wolfgang Brandstetter".
  6. Volksblatt
Political offices
Preceded by
Beatrix Karl		 Minister of Justice
2013–2017		 Succeeded by
Josef Moser
Preceded by
Reinhold Mitterlehner		 Vice Chancellor of Austria
2017		 Succeeded by
Heinz-Christian Strache


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