Hans Peter Doskozil | |
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Governor of Burgenland | |
Assumed office 28 February 2019 | |
Preceded by | Hans Niessl |
Minister of Defense and Sports | |
In office 28 January 2016 – 18 December 2017 | |
Chancellor | Werner Faymann Christian Kern |
Preceded by | Gerald Klug |
Succeeded by | Mario Kunasek |
Councilor of Finances, Infrastructure and Culture in Burgenland | |
In office 21 December 2017 – 8 September 2018 | |
Governor | Hans Niessl |
Personal details | |
Born | Vorau, Styria, Austria | 21 June 1970
Political party | Social Democratic Party |
Alma mater | University of Vienna |
Military service | |
Allegiance | ![]() |
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Years of service | 1989 |
Unit | Landwehrstammregiment 13 (LWSR 13) |
Hans Peter Doskozil (German pronunciation: [ˈhans ˈpeːtɐ ˈdɔskotsiːl]; born 21 June 1970) is an Austrian politician of the Social Democratic Party, who's serving as the governor of Burgenland since February 2019. He previously served as minister of defence from 2016–2017. In the 2020 Burgenland state election, he led his party to win a majority of the seats in Burgenland's parliament. Due to an error in the count of his party’s national congress in June 2023, he was assumed to be the SPÖ’s party leader from 3 to 5 June 2023, when the error was discovered and his opponent Andreas Babler was declared party leader.