Hartwig Löger
Hartwig Löger | |
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Minister of Finance | |
Assumed office 18 Dezember 2017 | |
Chancellor | Sebastian Kurz |
Preceded by | Hans Jörg Schelling |
Personal details | |
Born |
Selzthal, Styria | 15 July 1965
Political party | Independent |
Children | two |
Alma mater |
Vienna University of Economics and Business University of St. Gallen |
Profession |
Hartwig Löger (born 15 July 1965) is an Austrian politician and former business executive. From 2011 to 2017 he was chief executive officer of UNIQA Austria (part of the Uniqa Insurance Group) and since 2017 he serves as Minister of Finance.
Early life and education
Löger was born in Selzthal in Styria and graduated in 1983 at the Stiftsgymnasium Admont. Originally striving for a career as pilot, Löger started an Offiziersanwärterausbildung at the Bundesheer and made the pilots entrance exam there. Because of an knee injury Löger failed the exam and randomly ended up in the insurance branch. 1987/88 he started visiting a course for insurance economy at the Vienna University of Economics and Business and from 1999 to 2001 he completed an international management course (IMEA) at the University of St. Gallen.
Career
From 1985 to 1989 Löger worked as a customer adviser for an insurance agent. Subsequently he started working for Allianz until 1996 as sales manager for the region Styria, then as assistant to the management at the Grazer Wechselseitige and until 2002 as sales manager at the Donau Versicherung AG. From 2002 to 2017 he worked for the UNIQA Insurance Group, first as managing director of the UNIQA International Versicherungs-Holding GmbH and later, until 2011, as head of the exclusive sales department. In 2011 he became a senior corporate officer at UNIQA and the chief executive officer of UNIQA Austria. In December 2017 he was succeeded as CEO by Kurt Svoboda.
From 2014 to February 2018 Löger served as president of the Sports Union. Since 2011 he has been a member of the Vienna state institutions of the People's Party Business Union.
Political career
Since 18 December 2017 Löger has been serving as Minister of Finance in the coalition government of Chancellor Sebastian Kurz. He was nominated by the People's Party for this position.
Alongside Gernot Blümel, Günther Helm (Hofer KG) und Wolfgang Leitner, Löger has been serving as member of the nominating committee of the Industrieholding since January 2018. The committee decides who is sent to the supervisory board of companies with state share participation.
Other activities
European Union organizations
- European Investment Bank (EIB), Ex-Officio Member of the Board of Governors (since 2018)[1]
- European Stability Mechanism (ESM), Member of the Board of Governors (since 2018)[2]
International organizations
- Asian Development Bank (ADB), Ex-Officio Member of the Board of Governors (since 2018)
- Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), Ex-Officio Member of the Board of Governors (since 2018)[3]
- European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), Ex-Officio Member of the Board of Governors (since 2018)[4]
- Inter-American Investment Corporation (IIC), Ex-Officio Member of the Board of Governors (since 2018)[5]
- Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA), World Bank Group, Ex-Officio Member of the Board of Governors (since 2018)[6]
- World Bank, Ex-Officio Member of the Board of Governors (since 2018)[7]
Non-profit organizations
- Kunsthistorisches Museum, President of the Circle of Friends
- KURIER Aid Austria, Vice President
- Verband der Versicherungsunternehmen Österreichs (VVO), Vice President
Personal life
Löger is married, has two children and lives in Vienna in Austria.
References
- ↑ Board of Governors European Investment Bank (EIB).
- ↑ Board of Governors: Hartwig Löger European Stability Mechanism.
- ↑ Board of Governors Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB).
- ↑ Board of Governors European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD).
- ↑ Board of Governors Inter-American Investment Corporation (IIC).
- ↑ Board of Governors Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA), World Bank Group.
- ↑ Board of Governors World Bank.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Hartwig Löger. |
- Biography, contact details and speeches since 1996 of Hartwig Löger at the Parliament of Austria (German)
- BMF: Minister of Finance Hartwig Löger
- Hartwig Löger on www.meineabgeordneten.at