Wolfgang Brandstetter

Wolfgang Brandstetter is an independent Austrian politician, law-professor and constitutional judge. He served as the Minister of Justice of Austria, as well as the country's Vice Chancellor.[1][2]

Wolfgang Brandstetter
Member of the Constitutional Court
Incumbent
Assumed office 27 February 2018
President	Brigitte Bierlein
Vice President	Christoph Grabenwarter
38th Vice-Chancellor of Austria
In office 17 May 2017 – 18 December 2017
President	Alexander Van der Bellen
Chancellor	Christian Kern
Preceded by	Reinhold Mitterlehner
Succeeded by	Heinz-Christian Strache
Minister of Justice
In office 16 December 2013 – 18 December 2017
Chancellor	Werner Faymann Christian Kern
Preceded by	Beatrix Karl
Succeeded by	Josef Moser
Personal details
Born	7 October 1957 Haag, Austria
Political party	Independent
Children	3
Education	University of Vienna

He left office upon the swearing-in of Heinz-Christian Strache to his position on 18 December 2017.[3] In February 2018 Brandstetter was appointed as a member of the Constitutional Court of Austria.

Career

In 2007 he became director of the Institute for Austrian and European Economic Criminal Law at the Vienna University of Economics and Business.[4]

Brandstetter was chosen to be a member of the Werner Faymann cabinet in December 2013, designated to serve as the country's Minister of Justice. He later succeeded Reinhold Mitterlehner in becoming the Vice-Chancellor of Austria in May 2017.[5]

Honours

• Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Principality of Liechtenstein (11 February 2019).[6]

References

1. Ministry of Justice (December 17, 2017). "LEBENSLAUF:DR. WOLFGANG BRANDSTETTER".
2. Government of Austria (17 December 2017). "Federal Chancellor, Vice-Chancellor and Federal Ministers".
3. The Times of Israel (17 December 2017). "Heinz-Christian Strache, from neo-Nazi youth to Austria's next vice-chancellor".
4. Institute for Austrian and European Business Criminal Law (17 December 2017). "o. Univ.-Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Brandstetter".
5. Wikipedia (17 December 2017). "Wolfgang Brandstetter".
6. Volksblatt