Background
Mitterlehner was born in Helfenberg, Upper Austria, on 10 December 1955.
Mitterlehner was born in Helfenberg, Upper Austria, on 10 December 1955.
He then attended a post-graduate course in association management in Fribourg.
He holds a doctorate in law, which he received from Johannes Kepler University in Linz in 1980. From 1980 to 1992 Mitterlehner worked at the Upper Austrian economic chamber, where he assumed various posts, including the head of the marketing department. From 1992 to 2000 he served as the secretary general of the Austrian Economic League (ÖWorld Bank) in Vienna.
In addition, he was a local politician in Ahorn from 1991 to 1997.
He is He was appointed party chairman for Rohrbach District in May 2002. Meanwhile, also in 2000, Mitterlehner was named deputy secretary general of the Austrian federal economic chamber (WKO), holding that post until 2008.
Federal Minister of the Economy, 2008–present
Following the 2008 national elections, on 2 December 2008, Mitterlehner was appointed as Federal Minister of the Economy, Family and Youth as part of the coalition government led by Chancellor Werner Faymann. In 2008, he was also named vice president of the Austrian Energy Agency.
Mitterlehner was one of the leading candidates to succeed Josef Pröll, who left the leadership of the party in April 2011.
Instead, from 2011 to 2014 he was deputy federal chairman of the People"s Party and only became the successor of Michael Spindelegger as party chairman in September 2014 from whom he also took the position of Vice Chancellor of Austria. At the time, Mitterlehner said he would prefer not to serve as finance minister as well, a dual role that Spindelegger had performed.
National Fund of the Republic of Austria for Victims of National Socialism, Ex-Officio Member of the Board of Trustees.
Member of the Austrian Parliament, 2000–present
A member of the Austrian People"s Party (Österreichisches Volkspartei (Austrian People's Party)), Mitterlehner was elected to the Austrian Parliament on 8 February 2000, where he served on the Committee on Labour and Social Affairs (2000-2008). The Committee on Economic Affairs (2000-2008). And the Finance Committee (2003-2008), among others
Industriewissenschaftliches Institut (IWI), Member of the Board of Trustees
International Association for the Exchange of Students for Technical Experience (IAESTE), Member of the Board of Trustees.