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Christian Kern

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Christian Kern (Austrian German pronunciation: [ˈkrɪsti̯a(ː)n ˈkɛrn]; born 4 January 1966) is an Austrian businessman and former politician who served as Chancellor of Austria from 17 May 2016 to 18 December 2017 and chairman of the Social Democratic Party from 25 June 2016 to 25 September 2018. A business journalist by profession, the member of Austria's Social Democratic Party served as spokesman of the SPÖ's parliamentary group leader in the mid-1990s, before he became a senior manager in Austria's leading electricity company Verbund AG. In 2010, Kern was appointed CEO of the state-owned Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB), chairing the Community of European Railway and Infrastructure Companies (CER) from 2014 onwards. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Christian Kern is the 14,825th most popular politician (down from 13,926th in 2019), the 891st most popular biography from Austria (down from 818th in 2019) and the 205th most popular Austrian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Christian Kern ranks 14,825 out of 19,576Before him are Apama II, Manius Otacilius Crassus, Enrique Peralta Azurdia, Edward Babiuch, Ludwig von Moos, and Yossi Sarid. After him are Muharrem İnce, Ivan Babushkin, Ingibjörg H. Bjarnason, Mulayam Singh Yadav, Robert Abela, and Krishna Raja Wadiyar IV.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1966, Christian Kern ranks 210Before him are Sayuri Yamaguchi, Natja Brunckhorst, Harri Rovanperä, Robert C. O'Brien, Richard Fortus, and Suleyman Kerimov. After him are Linn Ullmann, Stefan Raab, Pavel Filip, Tihomir Orešković, Flemming Povlsen, and Tom Henning Øvrebø.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Christian Kern ranks 891 out of 1,424Before him are Peter Simonischek (1946), La Jana (1905), Melitta Brunner (1907), Walter Kollmann (1932), Jo Gartner (1954), and Marie Jahoda (1907). After him are Marianne Stokes (1855), Josef Feistmantl (1939), Leopold Lindtberg (1902), Ruth Maier (1920), Ruth Klüger (1931), and Leonie Rysanek (1926).

Among POLITICIANS In Austria

Among politicians born in Austria, Christian Kern ranks 205Before him are Carl Vaugoin (1873), Baron Ignaz von Plener (1810), Alfred Gusenbauer (1960), Karin Kneissl (1965), Christian Schwarz-Schilling (1930), and Franz Bartl (1915). After him are Heinz-Christian Strache (1969), Margarete Adler (1896), Liese Prokop (1941), Johannes Hahn (1957), Werner Schlager (1972), and Michael Häupl (1949).