Heinz fischer biography
President heinz fischer.
Heinz fischer biography
Heinz Fischer
President of Austria from 2004 to 2016
HeinzFischerGColIH, OMRI, RSerafO, GCollSE (German pronunciation:[haɪntsˈfɪʃɐ]ⓘ; born 9 October 1938) is an Austrian politician who served as the president of Austria from 2004 to 2016.
Fischer previously served as minister of science from 1983 to 1987 and as president of the National Council of Austria from 1990 to 2002.[1] A member of the Social Democratic Party of Austria (SPÖ) until 2004, he suspended his party membership as he became president.[2][3][4]
Early life
Fischer was born to a Jewish family in Graz, Styria, which had recently become part of Nazi Germany, following Germany's annexation of Austria in March 1938.
Fischer attended a grammar school which focused on humanities and graduated in 1956. He studied law at the University of Vienna, earning a doctorate in 1961. In 1963, at the age of 25, Fischer spent a year volunteering at KibbutzSarid, northern Israe