Alexander Van der Bellen
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President of Austria Elect |
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Taking office 26 January 2017 |
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| Chancellor | Christian Kern |
| Succeeding | Presidium (Acting) Heinz Fischer |
| Leader of the The Greens – The Green Alternative | |
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In office 13 December 1997 – 3 October 2008 |
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| Preceded by | Christoph Chorherr |
| Succeeded by | Eva Glawischnig-Piesczek |
| Member of the Austrian National Council | |
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In office 1994–2012 |
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18 January 1944 Vienna, Austria |
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Social Democratic Party (Before 1992) Greens (1992–present) |
| Spouse(s) | Brigitte (Divorced) Doris Schmidauer (2015–present) |
| Children | 2 sons (with Brigitte) |
| Alma mater | University of Innsbruck |
Alexander Van der Bellen (German pronunciation: [ˌalɛˈksandɐ fan dɛɐ̯ ˈbɛlən]; born 18 January 1944) is an Austrian politician, economist and the President-elect of Austria. He is due to take office as the country's 12th President on 26 January 2017.
A member of the noble Russian Van der Bellen family, he was born in Austria to aristocratic Russian and Estonian parents who were refugees from Stalinism, and became a naturalised Austrian citizen together with his parents in 1958. He was a professor of economics at the University of Vienna before he entered national politics. He served as a member of the Austrian National Council representing the Austrian Green Party from 1994 to 2012 and was both leader of the parliamentary faction and leader of his party from 1997 to 2008. He ran as a nominally independent candidate supported by the Green Party in the 2016 presidential election, and finished second out of six in the first round before winning the second round against Norbert Hofer, a member of the Freedom Party of Austria. On 1 July, before he was due to be sworn into office, the results of the second round of voting were annulled by the Constitutional Court of Austria due to absentee votes being improperly counted too early, requiring the election to be re-held. On 4 December 2016, he won the ensuing election, taking approximately 54% of the vote.
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