Franz Fischler
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| Born | 23 September 1946 Absam, Tyrol, Austria |
| Nationality | Austrian |
| Alma mater | University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences Vienna |
| Party | Austrian People's Party |
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Franz Fischler is an Austrian politician from the Christian-conservative People's Party (ÖVP). He was the European Union's Commissioner for Agriculture, Rural Development and Fisheries (1995–2004).[1] He was President of the European Forum Alpbach until 2020.[2] He is a member of the Trilateral Commission.[3]
Education and early career
Born in Absam, Tyrol Fischler studied agriculture at the University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences Vienna, and finished as Dr rer.nat.oec. in 1978.[1] He worked as University assistant from 1973 to 1979, then for the Tyrol Chamber of Agriculture, finally as its director from 1985 to 1989.[1]
Political career
Between 1989 and 1994 Fischler was Federal Minister for Agriculture and Forestry, and since 1990 elected Member of National Council.[1][4] In 1995 he became European Commissioner in Brussels, responsible for agriculture and rural development.[1] In 1999 fisheries also became part of his responsibilities.[1]
At the 1999 Berlin summit, Franz Fischler had significant influence on the Agenda 2000.[5]
In 2011 Austria decided to nominate Dr. Franz Fischler as a candidate for the position of director general of FAO, but failed[6].
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 http://ec.europa.eu/archives/commission_1999_2004/fischler/index_en.htm
- ↑ http://www.alpbach.org/
- ↑ Membership Trilateral Commission.
- ↑ http://www.parlament.gv.at/WW/DE/PAD_00340/pad_00340.shtml
- ↑ https://books.google.com/books?id=EXES-UG_PMMC&pg=PA153&dq=%22Franz+Fischler%22
- ↑ http://www.fao.org/news/story/en/item/50267/icode/
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