Hans Peter Doskozil

Hans Peter Doskozil
Governor of Burgenland
Assumed office
28 February 2019
Preceded byHans Niessl
Minister of Defense and Sports
In office
28 January 2016 – 18 December 2017
ChancellorWerner Faymann
Christian Kern
Preceded byGerald Klug
Succeeded byMario Kunasek
Councilor of Finances, Infrastructure and Culture in Burgenland
In office
21 December 2017 – 8 September 2018
GovernorHans Niessl
Personal details
Born (1970-06-21) 21 June 1970 (age 54)
Vorau, Styria, Austria
Political partySocial Democratic Party
Alma materUniversity of Vienna
Military service
Allegiance Austria
Branch/service Austrian Armed Forces
Years of service1989
UnitLandwehrstammregiment 13 (LWSR 13)

Hans Peter Doskozil (German pronunciation: [ˈhans ˈpeːtɐ ˈdɔskotsiːl]; born 21 June 1970) is an Austrian politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPÖ) who is 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.


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