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Education Johannes Kepler University Linz Similar Reinhold Mitterlehner, Alois Stöger, Wolfgang Sobotka, Christian Kern, Sophie Karmasin | ||
Nationalratssitzung iv finanzminister hans j rg schelling vp 0248170668
Hans Jörg Schelling (born 27 December 1953 in Hohenems , Vorarlberg as Johann Georg Schelling) is an Austrian entrepreneur, Austrian People's Party politician and since 1 September 2014 the Federal Minister of Finance of Austria in the governments of chancellors Werner Faymann and Christian Kern.
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- Nationalratssitzung iv finanzminister hans j rg schelling vp 0248170668
- Hans j rg schelling im gespra ch highlights
- Early career
- Political career
- Other activities
- Personal life
- References
Hans j rg schelling im gespra ch highlights
Early career
A native of Vorarlberg in western Austria, Schelling was a millionaire management consultant before entering politics. Over the course of his career, he made a fortune by building two separate home-furnishing chains into market leaders.
Political career
During his time in office as Minister of Finance, Schelling was in charge of managing the fallout of the 2008 financial crisis. In 2016, he closed FIMBAG, the agency it set up in 2008 during the crisis to oversee state aid granted to troubled lenders. He successfully pushed through legislation paving the way for the government to reach settlements with the creditors of defunct bank Hypo Alpe Adria and remove a millstone from the country's public finances.
Under Schelling’s leadership, Austria asked France in 2015 to hand over tax data linked to leaked client data of multinational banking and financial services company HSBC which had admitted failings in compliance at its Swiss private bank.
Since 2015, Schelling has been chairing the group of EU Member States that want to adopt a common tax on financial transactions.
Other activities
Personal life
Schelling is married and has two daughters. He is a collector of modern art and enjoys spending time on Stiftsweingut Herzogenburg, the vineyard he operates in his adopted province of Lower Austria.