Curriculum Vitae of Dr. Heinz Fischer
1. Personal Information:Born 9 October 1938 in Graz
Married to Margit Fischer, two children (Philip, Lisa)
2. Education:
- 1948 – 1956 Classical grammar/secondary school in Vienna
- 1956 – 1961 University of Vienna, law and political science
- 1961 Doctorate in law, followed by judicial clerkship
3. Professional Career:
- 1958 Compulsory military service in the Federal Army
- 1963 – 1975 Secretary of the Socialist Group in the Austrian Parliament
- 1971 – 2004 Represented the Vienna constituency in the National Assembly
- 1975 – 1983 Executive Chairman of the Socialist Group in Parliament
- Since 1978 Associate professor of political science (University of Innsbruck)
- 1979 – 2004 Vice-Chairman of the Social Democratic Party (SPÖ)
- 1983 – 1987 Federal Minister of Science and Research
- 1987 – 1990 Chairman of the Social Democratic Group in the National Assembly
- 1990 – 2002 President of the National Assembly (re-elected 1994, 1996, 1999)
- 2002 – 2004 Second President of the National Assembly
- 1992 – 2004 Vice-Chairman of the Party of European Socialists (PES)
- 1994 Appointed full professor
- 25 April 2004 Elected Federal President of the Republic of Austria
- 8 July 2004 Inaugurated as Federal President of the Republic of Austria
4. Other Previous Positions:
- Member of the National Security Council and the Foreign Affairs Council of the Republic of Austria (until 2004)
- President of the National Fund of the Republic of Austria for Victims of National Socialism (1995 – 2002)
- Vice-President of the Institute for Advanced Studies (until 2004)
- President of the Austrian Friends of Nature (until 2005)
- President of the Austrian University Extension Association (Verband der österreichischen Volkshochschulen)
5.Publications:
Books
- Überzeugungen - Eine politische Biografie, Wien: Styria Verlag, 2006
- Wende Zeiten: ein österreichischer Zwischenbefund [Times of Change: An Austrian Interim Report], Vienna: Verlag Kremayr & Scheriau, 2003
- Reflexionen [Autobiography], Vienna: Verlag Kremayr & Scheriau, 1998
- Die Kreisky-Jahre 1967-1983 [The Kreisky Era], Vienna: Löcker Verlag, 1993
- Positionen und Perspektiven [Positions and Outlook], Vienna: Europa Verlag, 1977
- Kommentar zur Geschäftsordnung des Nationalrates samt Unvereinbarkeitsgesetz [Commentary on the National Assembly’s Rules of Procedure, Including the Act Governing Incompatibilities], Vienna: Verlag d. Öst. Staatsdruckerei [published by the Austrian Government Press/Austrian State Printing Office] (with Wilhelm F. Czerny), 1968
Publications Edited
- Visions for Europe, Vienna: Zukunft-Verlagsgesellschaft, 2002
- Österreich und die Währungsunion: rechtswissenschaftliche und wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Betrachtungen zur Währungsunion [Austria and the Monetary Union: Legal and Economic Reflections on the Monetary Union], Vienna: Springer Verlag, 1998
- Texte zur Rechtspolitik [Texts on Legal Policy]: in collaboration with the Austrian Parliamentary Society, Vienna: Springer Verlag, 1997
- Die Zukunft der Europäischen Sozialdemokratie [The Future of European Social Democracy], Vienna: Löcker Verlag, 1997
- Nationalrats-Wahlordnung 1992 (NRWO) [National Assembly Election Law]: annotated and with supplementary laws, Vienna: Manz Verlag, 1993
- Bruno Pittermann: Ein Leben für die Sozialdemokratie [Bruno Pittermann: A Life for Social Democracy], Eds. Heinz Fischer and Leopold Gratz, Vienna: Europa Verlag, 1985.
- Forschungspolitik für die 90er Jahre [Research Policy for the Nineties], Vienna: Springer Verlag, 1985
- Rote Markierungen international [International Red Marks], Vienna, Europa Verlag, 1984
- Kreisky, Bruno: Kreisky: Reden [Speeches by Bruno Kreisky], Vienna: Österreichische Staatsdruckerei [Austrian Government Press/Austrian State Printing Office], 1981
- Das politische System Österreichs [The Austrian Political System], Vienna: Europa Verlag, 1974
- Zum Wort gemeldet: Otto Bauer [Otto Bauer: A Man Who Spoke Up], Vienna: Europa Verlag, 1968
E-Publications
- Die Geschichte der II. Republik [The History of the Second Republic] (8 CDs), narrated by Heinz Fischer, Vienna: ORF [Austrian Broadcasting Corporation], 1999
- Wahlen und Demokratie [Elections and Democracy], foreword to CD-ROM, Innsbruck: Forschungsgruppe MediWatch, 1999
- Dr. Fischer has also contributed to many other books, newspapers and commemorative publications.
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