Career landmark: member of the National Council of Austria (2017–2018).
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Christian Kern is an Austrian businessman and former politician who served as Chancellor of Austria from 17 May 2016 to 18 December 2017 and chairman of the Social Democratic Party from 25 June 2016 to 25 September 2018.
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politics · Chancellor of Austria From 2016 to 2017 · businessperson · politician · journalist · spokesperson · communication scholar · also Christian Kern, Kern
Born 4 January 1966 · Q18135060
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Career landmark: member of the National Council of Austria (2017–2018).
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As "the first ÖBB boss to really stand by his workers
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“s accession to the European Union. Soon after taking office, Kern”
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Career landmark: Federal Chancellor of Austria (2016–2017).
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Austrian news magazine profil referred to him as the "Chancellor of hearts" and the Federal Railways he led as "the only state institution that flawlessly worked amidst the refugee crisis"
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Won Marietta and Friedrich Torberg Medal (2013).
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ÖBB celebrated the 175th anniversary of the Nordbahn, the earliest predecessor company marking the start of rail transport in Austria
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Kern was appointed CEO of the state-owned Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB), chairing the Community of European Railway and Infrastructure Companies (CER) from 2014 onwards
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Kern was selected to take over the post as CEO of the Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB)
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Was appointed to be a member of the Board of Directors, additionally overseeing foreign mergers & acquisitions, investments, international business, trading, and the Austrian high-voltage transmission grid
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Kern moved to the largest Austrian electricity supplier, the Verbund AG, where from 1999 he oversaw marketing and sales
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Studied at University of Vienna, magister degree (1997).
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Kern remained his chief of office and spokesman
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Became an assistant of the Federal Chancellery's undersecretary of state for civil service, Peter Kostelka
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As a business journalist writing for the Wirtschaftspressedienst and Austrian business magazine Option
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His marriage with Wessely, who was a local SPÖ politician in Mödling, a district capital south of Vienna, ended in divorce
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Kern married Karin Wessely, with whom he has three sons
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Born 1966-01-04.
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