Austrian Vice Chancellor and Minister of Finance, Josef Pröll assumes the Patronage of the World Diversity Leadership Summit Europe, Vienna 2010

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World Diversity Leadership Summit Europe March 11-12, 2010
Hosted by the Austrian Federal Ministry of Finance and the Vienna Chamber of Commerce and Industry

JOSEF PRÖLL, born 1968 in Stockerau/Lower Austria, graduated from the University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences in Vienna. In 1993 Josef Pröll started his career as official at the Chamber of Agriculture of the Federal Province of Lower Austria. In 1998 he moved to the Austrian Farmers’ Federation as advisor on economic policy and assistant to Agnes Schierhuber, Member of the European Parliament. One year later Josef Pröll became Director of the Vienna Farmers’ Federation. In 2000 Federal Minister of Agriculture and Environment. Josef Pröll later became the Head of Cabinet of the then Minister of Economic and Labour. From 2001 to 2003 he held the position of Director of the Austrian Farmers’ Federation. Josef Pröll served as Federal Minister of Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and Water Management from 2003 to 2008, until he assumed the position of Vice Chancellor and Federal Minister of Finance of the Republic of Austria on 2 December 2008. Mr Pröll is Chairman of the Austrian People’s Party since 2008.

We are proud to announce that the opening minister and CEO reception of the WDLS-EU (March 11th) 2010 will be hosted by Minister Pröll in the Austrian Federal Ministry of Finance
(Hintere Zollamtsstraße 2b, A-1030 Vienna/Austria.)