Date and place of birth:
14.9.1968, Stockerau (Lower Austria)
Education:
1987-1993 Studied agricultural economics at the University of Natural Resources and Applied Sciences, Vienna
Career:
- 1993 - 1998 Official at the Chamber of Agriculture of Lower Austria
- 1998 - 2000 Official in charge of economic policy at the Austrian Farmers' Federation
- 1998 - 2000 Assistant to Agnes Schierhuber, MEP
- 1999 - 2000 Director of the Vienna Farmers' Federation
- 2000 - 2001 Head of the Cabinet of Minister Wilhelm Molterer at the Federal Ministry for Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and Water Management
- 2001 - 2003 Director of the Austrian Farmers' Federation
- Since 28.2.2003 Federal Minister for Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and Water Management