“s relation with the Western Balkans one of his top policy priorities.”
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Sebastian Kurz
Sebastian Kurz is an Austrian former politician who served twice as Chancellor of Austria, first from 2017 to 2019 and then again from 2020 to 2021.
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politics · Chancellor of Austria (2017–2019, 2020–2021) · politician · also Sebastian Kurz, HE Sebastian Kurz, Kurz
Born 27 August 1986 · Q2262885
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2026· 6 entries
trendingtopics.eu: Dream, Co-Founded by Sebastian Kurz, Uncovered an AI Agents Attacking Taiwan
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Fox Business: Sebastian Kurz on AI technology advancing cybersecurity threats: 'Create a lot of chaos in our societies'
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kleinezeitung: Sebastian Kurz äußert sich zu Comeback-Gerüchten
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Business Insider: 260 Millionen für Sebastian Kurz: Sein Cyber-Startup ist jetzt 3 Milliarden wert
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SPIEGEL: Sebastian Kurz: KI-Firma Dream steigert Wert auf drei Milliarden Dollar
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2025· 1 entry
The New York Times: Sebastian Kurz
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2022· 1 entry
Published video “Swiss Economic Forum: Gespräch mit Urs Gredig und Carolin Roth”.
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2021· 12 entries
Published video “Persönliche Erklärung zum Rückzug aus der Politik.”.
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Published video “Sebastian Kurz im ORF Sommergespräch 2021”.
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Published video “Meine Rede am 39. ordentlichen Bundesparteitag der Volkspartei!”.
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Published video “Rede von Bundeskanzler Sebastian kurz vor dem Wirtschafts- und Sozialrat der UNO.”.
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Published video “Vom Aufschwung müssen alle hart arbeitenden Menschen profitieren!”.
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Awarded Order of the Republic of Serbia (2021).
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Awarded Award "For Freedom of Mass Media" (2021).
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Published video “Impfung von Bundeskanzler Sebastian Kurz”.
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Published video “Verleihung des "Freiheitspreises der Medien" an Bundeskanzler Sebastian Kurz.”.
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Published video “Gedenken an die Verstorbenen der COVID-19-Pandemie.”.
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Published video “Bundeskanzler Sebastian Kurz im Nationalrat”.
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Career landmark: member of the National Council of Austria (2021–2021).
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2020· 2 entries
Accompanied by mass testing and allowing gatherings up to 10 people
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Career landmark: Federal Chancellor of Austria (2020–2021).
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2019· 2 entries
Kurz was first listed by Spiegel Online in the ranking "who will be important abroad
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Career landmark: member of the National Council of Austria (2019–2020).
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2018· 1 entry
VOA rated the claim “TASS HEADLINE: Austrian chancellor calls Russia superpower, stresses its role for peace.(Later in the article): Russia plays a big role in Syria and in the east of Ukraine, according to Sebastian Kurz.” Misleading.
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2017· 6 entries
Campaign: 2017 legislative election.
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Career landmark: Chairman of the Austrian People's Party (2017–2021).
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Career landmark: Federal Chancellor of Austria (2017–2019).
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Career landmark: member of the National Council of Austria (2017–2018).
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Attorney Stefan Schnöll succeeded Kurz as chairman
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The Time magazine listed Kurz as one of ten "Next Generation Leaders", referring to him as the "statesman of a new kind", who found a way to deal with the European refugee crisis and whose pragmatic approach has been a "
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2016· 3 entries
“it is understandable that many politicians are afraid of”
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Several news outlets speculated that Kurz would most likely succeed Reinhold Mitterlehner as chairman of the ÖVP before the 2017 legislative election, and run as the party's chancellor candidate
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To make anti-Reinhold Mitterlehner propaganda
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2014· 2 entries
Successfully organized his own international conference on nuclear disarmament in Vienna
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The Kurier already predicted that Kurz would run for the chancellorship in the upcoming election
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2013· 2 entries
Career landmark: member of the National Council of Austria (2013–2013).
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Career landmark: Federal Minister of Foreign Affairs of Austria (2013–2017).
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2011· 5 entries
Studied at Faculty of Law, University of Vienna (2005–2011).
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Career landmark: Secretary of State (2011–2013).
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The Foreign Ministry, the Austrian Integration Fund and the Education Ministry launched the joint venture Zusammen:Österreich (Together:Austria), which aimed at familiarizing immigrants with Austrian culture and traditio
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Kurz received his first government mandate as state secretary responsible for socially integrating refugees
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Studied at University of Vienna (2005–2011).
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2010· 1 entry
Career landmark: member of the regional parliament of Vienna (2010–2011).
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2009· 1 entry
Where he received 99 percent of the vote; five years later he was reelected with 100 percent
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2004· 2 entries
Studied at GRG 12 Erlgasse (1996–2004).
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Completed compulsory military service in 2005, and began studying law at the University of Vienna the same year
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2003· 1 entry
And rose through the ranks there over the following years
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1986· 1 entry
Born 1986-08-27.
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1928· 1 entry
In Temerin, Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (today Vojvodina, Serbia), is a Danube Swabian who fled from the city and settled in Zogelsdorf (modern Austria) during World War II, after the Yugoslav Partisans and the
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