Herbert Hübel (born 10 January 1958 in

Salzburg Salzburg (, ; literally "Salt-Castle"; bar, Soizbuag, label=Bavarian language, Austro-Bavarian) is the List of cities and towns in Austria, fourth-largest city in Austria. In 2020, it had a population of 156,872. The town is on the site of the ...

) 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 lawyer and sports official. Hübel has a doctorate in law and runs, alongside his partners, a law office in Salzburg. His father, who was also a lawyer, worked as a football official, too Since 1984, Hübel has been an active in various functions of the

Salzburg Football Association The Salzburg Football Association (German:Salzburger Fußballverband; SFV) is the umbrella organization of the football clubs of the Austrian state Salzburg. The SFV was founded in 1921 and has its headquarters in Salzburg. The SFV is one of 8 ...

. In 1999, he was elected vice president of the association, and then became president of the Salzburg Football Association in 2001. Hübel has been a member of the managing board of the Austrian Football Association (German: Österreichischer Fußball-Bund, ÖFB) since 1993. Since his election to president of the Salzburg Football Association, he has belonged to the presidium of the ÖFB. In autumn of 2008, he was a chairman of the selection committee for the new ÖFB President. Hübel was a board member of the EURO 2008 SA, which was responsible for the organization of the 2008 European Football Championship in Austria and

Switzerland ). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...

. Hübel is a member of the

Austrian Olympic Committee The Austrian Olympic Committee (ÖOC) (german: link=no, Österreichisches Olympisches Comité) is the non-profit organization representing Austrian athletes in the International Olympic Committee (IOC). The ÖOC also represents the selection of A ...

and was entrusted with the investigation of possible irregularities in connection with Salzburg's bid for the 2014 Winter Olympics.

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