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Werner Faymann
Werner Faymann is an Austrian former politician who was Chancellor of Austria and chairman of the Social Democratic Party of Austria (SPÖ) from 2008 to 2016. On 9 May 2016, he resigned from both positions amid widening criticism within his party.
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politics · Chancellor of Austria from 2008 to 2016 · politician · taxi driver · consultant · also Werner Faymann, Faymann
Born 4 May 1960 · Q53282
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2016· 3 entries
Wall Street Journal: Austrian Chancellor Werner Faymann Quits as Migrant Crisis Roils European Politics
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VICE: So reagiert das Internet auf Werner Faymanns Rücktritt
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2015· 3 entries
nordbayern: Werner Faymann: Wiener Kanzlerdämmerung
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Then more than 1 percent of its population
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“s decision to tell refugees that a train they were boarding was bound for the capital Budapest when in fact it was heading to a refugee camp was reminiscent”
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2014· 2 entries
VIENNA: Weihnachtsbotschaften von Werner Faymann stoßen auf Kritik
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DiePresse: SPÖ samt Werner Faymann im Umfragetief
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2013· 2 entries
Career landmark: member of the National Council of Austria (2013–2013).
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Public prosecutors were looking into whether Faymann and a top aide, Josef Ostermayer, had swayed the ÖBB state railways and ASFiNAG motorway agency to place advertisements promoting him in newspapers during his tenure a
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2012· 1 entry
Austria's government curbed the remit of a parliamentary investigation into high-level corruption and ensured Faymann was not called to testify
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2011· 1 entry
mainpost: Eustach & Gotthold: Wer kennt Werner Faymann?
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2010· 1 entry
DiePresse: Werner Faymann: Von Gipfel zu Gipfel
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2008· 3 entries
Career landmark: chairman of the Social Democratic Party (2008–2016).
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Career landmark: member of the National Council of Austria (2008–2008).
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Career landmark: Federal Chancellor of Austria (2008–2016).
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2007· 1 entry
Career landmark: Federal Minister for Transport, Innovation and Technology (2007–2008).
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1985· 1 entry
Career landmark: member of the regional parliament of Vienna (1985–1994).
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1981· 1 entry
Faymann became provincial chairman of the Socialist Youth Vienna (Sozialistische Jugend Wien)
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1960· 1 entry
Born 1960-05-04.
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