Alexander Pröll (born 24 May 1990) is an Austrian politician serving as secretary general of the People's Party since 2025. From 2022 to 2025, he served as federal managing director of the party.

Early life and career

Pröll is the son of

Josef Pröll Josef Pröll (; born 14 September 1968, in Stockerau, Austria) is an Austrian former politician who was the chairman of the Austrian People's Party from 2008 until 2011. He was Vice Chancellor and Minister of Finance. Previously, he was the Fe ...

, and the great-nephew of Erwin Pröll. In 2015, he opened the '' Jägerball'' alongside his girlfriend. He graduated from the

Vienna University of Economics and Business The Vienna University of Economics and Business ( , WU) is a public research university in Vienna, Austria. The university received triple accreditation (AACSB, EQUIS and AMBA). History WU was founded on 1 October 1898 as '' k.u.k. Exportakade ...

with a master's degree in

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. From 2018 to 2019, he served as chief of staff to People's Party secretary general

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. He began working for federal chancellor

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in 2020, and later worked for Kurz's successors

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and Karl Nehammer. In December 2021, Pröll was appointed federal managing director of the People's Party. He took office in January 2022 and was responsible for the party's internal organisation. In September 2022, he became the interim secretary general of the party following the resignation of Laura Sachslehner. He retained his position as federal managing director following the appointment of

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as secretary general. Since 2023, he has been a board member of

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. In the 2024 legislative election, he was a candidate for member of the National Council in 19th position on the federal party list.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Proll, Alexander 1990 births Living people Vienna University of Economics and Business alumni Austrian People's Party politicians 21st-century Austrian politicians