Erhard Busek

Erhard Busek
Busek in 2013
Vice-Chancellor of Austria
In office 2 July 1991 – 4 May 1995
Chancellor	Franz Vranitzky
Preceded by	Josef Riegler
Succeeded by	Wolfgang Schüssel
Minister of Education and Cultural Affairs Education and the Arts (1994–1995)
In office 29 November 1994 – 4 May 1995
Chancellor	Franz Vranitzky
Preceded by	Rudolf Scholten
Succeeded by	Elisabeth Gehrer
Minister of Science and Research
In office 24 April 1989 – 29 November 1994
Chancellor	Franz Vranitzky
Preceded by	Hans Tuppy
Succeeded by	Rudolf Scholten
Personal details
Born	(1941-03-25)25 March 1941 Vienna, Austria
Died	13 March 2022(2022-03-13) (aged 80)
Political party	People's Party
Alma mater	University of Vienna

Erhard Busek (25 March 1941 – 13 March 2022) was an Austrian politician from the Christian-conservative People's Party (ÖVP). Throughout his political career, he was widely regarded as one of the leaders of the party's liberal wing.^[1] He was coordinator of the South-Eastern Cooperative Initiative (SECI) and chairman of the Institute for the Danube Region and Central Europe.

Busek was chief of the party and Vice-Chancellor of Austria in the coalition of the Social Democratic Party of Austria with the People's Party between 1991 and 1995 and was an important reformer of the Austrian universities. From January 2002 until June 2008 Busek served as Special Co-ordinator of the Stability Pact for South Eastern Europe, the final person to hold the position.