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https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2016/dec/04/italian-referendum-and-austrian-presidential-election-live
Alexander Van der Bellen: who is Austria's new president?
So who is the new Austrian president? Alexander Van der Bellen is a tall, austere 72-year-old retired economics professor, a Green MP for 18 years before leaving parliament in 2012 to become a popular Vienna city councillor.
Van der Bellen’s father was born in Russia to a family descended from Dutch immigrants. His mother was born in Estonia, from where both fled when the Red Army invaded in 1940, moving first to Germany and eventually settling in Austria.
Viewed by many conservatives as too leftwing, and by more militant Greens as not radical enough, Van der Bellen spent the early part of his political career in the Social Democrats.
He campaigned on an unashamedly pro-European platform, arguing that Austria’s economic growth depended on it and saying this evening:
"From the beginning, I fought and argued for a pro-European Austria. I would think it a big mistake to promote the drifting apart of the EU." ...
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