Eduard Müller (born 31 August 1962) is an

Austria Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine states, one of which is the capital, Vienna, the most populous ...

n politician and author. He served as Minister of Finance in 2019. He also managed the Ministry of Civil Service and Sports.

Life

Müller was born in

Oberwart Oberwart (; hu, Felsőőr; hr, Gornja Borta) is a town in Burgenland in southeast Austria on the banks of the Pinka River, and the capital of the district of the same name. Oberwart is the cultural capital of the small ethnic Hungarian minority ...

and attended elementary school in Rumpersdorf before attending Handelsakademie, a vocational high school for business and commerce. He graduated from Handelsakademie in 1981 and worked as a tax inspector in Oberwart until 1994. He began his studies at the

University of Hagen The University of Hagen (german: link=no, FernUniversität in Hagen, informally often referred to as FU Hagen) is a public research university that is primarily focused on distance teaching. While its main campus is located in Hagen, North R ...

with a major in economics. He received a Diplom-Kaufmann in 1994 and a

Master of Business Administration A Master of Business Administration (MBA; also Master's in Business Administration) is a postgraduate degree focused on business administration. The core courses in an MBA program cover various areas of business administration such as accoun ...

in 2012. In 1994 he moved to the Financial Directorate in Vienna and then to the Ministry of Finance in 1997. From 2001 to 2005 he was the leader of the project to reform the Ministry of Finance, and from 2002 to 2013 he led the Tax and Customs Administration in the Ministry of Finance. In November 2013 he became the managing director of Linde Publishing for whom he authored a number of specialist publications on tax law such as the ''SteuerSparBuch'' (Tax Savings Book) for those paying

payroll tax Payroll taxes are taxes imposed on employers or employees, and are usually calculated as a percentage of the salaries that employers pay their employees. By law, some payroll taxes are the responsibility of the employee and others fall on the em ...

or who are self-employed. He returned to the Ministry of Finance in October 2015 when then-Finance Minister

Hans Jörg Schelling Hans Jörg Schelling (born 27 December 1953 in Hohenems, Vorarlberg as Johann Georg Schelling) is an Austrian entrepreneur and politician of the Austrian People's Party and who served as Minister of Finance of Austria in the governments of chan ...

made him Section Chief. That same year he served as chair of the federal examination board for auditors and tax professionals as well as Deputy Secretary General of the Ministry of Finance. Since 3 June 2019 Müller has been serving as Austria's minister of finance in the

Bierlein government The Bierlein government (german: Bundesregierung Bierlein) was the 32nd Government of Austria following the collapse of the First Kurz government headed by Chancellor Sebastian Kurz in the aftermath of the Ibiza affair. Sworn in on 3 June 2019, t ...

. He is also tasked with managing the Ministry of Civil Service and Sports.

Other activities

European Union organizations

* European Investment Bank (EIB), ex officio member of the board of governors (since 2019) *

European Stability Mechanism The European Stability Mechanism (ESM) is an intergovernmental organization located in Luxembourg City, which operates under public international law for all eurozone member states having ratified a special ESM intergovernmental treaty. It was ...

(ESM), member of the board of governors (since 2019)

International organizations

Asian Development Bank The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is a regional development bank established on 19 December 1966, which is headquartered in the Ortigas Center located in the city of Mandaluyong, Metro Manila, Philippines. The bank also maintains 31 field offic ...

(ADB), ex officio member of the board of governors (2019-2020) * Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), ex officio member of the board of governors (2019-2020) *

Inter-American Investment Corporation The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB or IADB) is an International financial institutions, international financial institution headquartered in Washington, D.C., United States of America, and serving as the largest source of development finan ...

(IIC), ex officio member of the board of governors (2019-2020) * Joint World Bank–IMF Development Committee, chair (2019-2020) *

Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency The Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA) is an international financial institution which offers political risk insurance and credit enhancement guarantees. These guarantees help investors protect foreign direct investments against ...

(MIGA),

World Bank Group The World Bank Group (WBG) is a family of five international organizations that make leveraged loans to developing countries. It is the largest and best-known development bank in the world and an observer at the United Nations Development Gr ...

, ex officio member of the board of governors (2019-2020) *

World Bank The World Bank is an international financial institution that provides loans and grants to the governments of low- and middle-income countries for the purpose of pursuing capital projects. The World Bank is the collective name for the Inte ...

, ex officio member of the board of governors (2019-2020)

Non-profit organizations

National Fund of the Republic of Austria for Victims of National Socialism The National Fund of the Republic of Austria for Victims of National Socialism, german: Nationalfonds der Republik Österreich für Opfer des Nationalsozialismus, is a fund created by the Republic of Austria to seek to apply restitution for prope ...

, ex officio member of the board of trustees

Personal life

His brother, Wilhelm Müller, is mayor of

Weiden bei Rechnitz Weiden bei Rechnitz ( hr, Bandol, hu, Bándol) is a town in the district of Oberwart in the Austrian state of Burgenland Burgenland (; hu, Őrvidék; hr, Gradišće; Austro-Bavarian: ''Burgnland;'' Slovene: ''Gradiščanska'') is the easte ...

References

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