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Franz Fischler (born 23 September 1946) is an
Between 1989 and 1994 Fischler was Federal Minister for Agriculture and Forestry, and since 1990 elected Member of National Council. In 1995 he became European Commissioner in
Board of Trustees
Franz Fischler Consult
Franz Fischler for Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO)
1946 births Living people Austrian European Commissioners Agriculture ministers of Austria University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna alumni Austrian agronomists {{Austria-politician-stub
Austria
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n politician from the Christian
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-conservative
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People's Party (ÖVP
The Austrian People's Party (german: Österreichische Volkspartei , ÖVP ) is a Christian-democratic and liberal-conservative political party in Austria.
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). He was the European Union's Commissioner for Agriculture, Rural Development and Fisheries (1995–2004). He also was President of the European Forum Alpbach
The European Forum Alpbach (EFA) is an Austrian nonprofit organisation and foundation based in Vienna, Austria. It is best known for hosting the event of the same name in the village of Alpbach. It is an interdisciplinary platform for science, po ...
.
Education and early career
Born inAbsam
Absam is a municipality in the Innsbruck-Land District, Tyrol (state), Tyrol (Austria) situated at an altitude of 632 m, which had an area of 51.92 km2 and 6,776 inhabitants as January 2015.
Geography
Absam is 15 km from Innsbruck, ...
, Tyrol
Tyrol (; historically the Tyrole; de-AT, Tirol ; it, Tirolo) is a historical region in the Alps - in Northern Italy and western Austria. The area was historically the core of the County of Tyrol, part of the Holy Roman Empire, Austrian Emp ...
Fischler studied agriculture at the University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences Vienna
The University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, or simply BOKU (derived from its German name, Universität für Bodenkultur Wien, ), founded in 1872, is an education and research centre for renewable resources in Vienna, Austria. BOK ...
, and finished as Dr rer.nat.oec. in 1978. He worked as University assistant from 1973 to 1979, then for the Tyrol Chamber of Agriculture, finally as its director from 1985 to 1989.
Political career
Between 1989 and 1994 Fischler was Federal Minister for Agriculture and Forestry, and since 1990 elected Member of National Council. In 1995 he became European Commissioner in Brussels
Brussels (french: Bruxelles or ; nl, Brussel ), officially the Brussels-Capital Region (All text and all but one graphic show the English name as Brussels-Capital Region.) (french: link=no, Région de Bruxelles-Capitale; nl, link=no, Bruss ...
, responsible for agriculture and rural development. In 1999 fisheries also became part of his responsibilities.
At the 1999 Berlin summit, Fischler had significant influence on the Agenda 2000
Agenda 2000 was an action programme of the European Union whose main objectives were to reform the Common Agricultural Policy and Regional policy of the European Union, Regional policy, and establish a new financial framework for the years 2000 ...
.
In 2011 Austria has decided to nominate Fischler as a candidate for the position of director general of FAO
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)french: link=no, Organisation des Nations unies pour l'alimentation et l'agriculture; it, Organizzazione delle Nazioni Unite per l'Alimentazione e l'Agricoltura is an intern ...
; the position went to José Graziano da Silva
José Graziano da Silva (born November 17, 1949) is a Brazilian American agronomist and writer. As a scholar, he has authored several books about the problems of agriculture in Brazil. Between 2003 and 2004, Graziano served in the Luiz Inácio L ...
instead.
Other activities
*Trilateral Commission
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, Member of the European Group.
* Institute for Advanced Studies
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(IHS), Chair of the Board of TrusteesInstitute for Advanced Studies
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(IHS).
Further reading
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External links
Franz Fischler Consult
Franz Fischler for Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO)
1946 births Living people Austrian European Commissioners Agriculture ministers of Austria University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna alumni Austrian agronomists {{Austria-politician-stub