Hartwig Löger

Hartwig Löger
Minister of Finance
Assumed office
18 Dezember 2017
Chancellor Sebastian Kurz
Preceded by Hans Jörg Schelling
Personal details
Born (1965-07-15) 15 July 1965
Selzthal, Styria
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

International organizations

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

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