Eduard Müller (born 31 August 1962) is an

Austria Austria, formally the Republic of Austria, is a landlocked country in Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine Federal states of Austria, states, of which the capital Vienna is the List of largest cities in Aust ...

n civil servant, politician and author. He served as Minister of Finance in 2019. He also managed the Ministry of Civil Service and Sports. Since 2020, he is one of two executive directors of the Austrian Financial Market Authority (FMA).

Life

Müller was born in

Oberwart Oberwart (; ; ) is a town in Burgenland in southeast Austria on the banks of the Pinka River, and the capital of the district of the Oberwart (district), same name. With almost 8,000 inhabitants it’s the third largest town in Burgenland, after E ...

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 (, informally often referred to as FU Hagen) is a Public university, public research university that is primarily focused on distance education, distance teaching. While its main campus is located in Hagen, North Rhine- ...

with a major in economics. He received a

Diplom-Kaufmann A Master of Business Administration (MBA) is a professional degree focused on business administration. The core courses in an MBA program cover various areas of business administration; elective courses may allow further study in a particular ar ...

in 1994 and a

Master of Business Administration A Master of Business Administration (MBA) is a professional degree focused on business administration. The core courses in an MBA program cover various areas of business administration; elective courses may allow further study in a particular ...

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. They 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 ...

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

Hans Jörg Schelling Johann Georg "Hans Jörg" Schelling (; born 27 December 1953) 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 chancellors Werner Faymann and Chris ...

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. In June 2019, Müller began serving as Austria's minister of finance in the

Bierlein government The Bierlein government () 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, the Bierlein government was the ...

where he was also tasked with managing the Ministry of Civil Service and Sports. He left office on 7 January 2020 following the formation of the

second Kurz government The Second Kurz government ( or ''Kurz II'' for short) was the 33rd Government of Austria. Led by Sebastian Kurz as chancellor and Werner Kogler as vice-chancellor, it was sworn in by President Alexander Van der Bellen on 7 January 2020. It wa ...

. From February 2020, he co-headed the FMA on an interim basis. In May 2020, he was appointed as one of the FMA's two executive directors.

Other activities

European Union organizations

European Investment Bank The European Investment Bank (EIB) is the European Union's investment bank and is owned by the 27 member states. It is the largest multilateral financial institution in the world. The EIB finances and invests both through equity and debt sol ...

(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 to promote social and economic development in Asia. The bank is headquartered in Metro Manila, Philippines and maintains 31 field offices around the world. The bank was establishe ...

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

Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) is a multilateral development bank and international financial institution that aims to collectively improve economic and social outcomes in Asia. It is the world's second largest multi-lateral d ...

(AIIB), ex officio member of the board of governors (2019-2020) * Inter-American Investment Corporation (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 Group ...

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

World Bank The World Bank is an international financial institution that provides loans and Grant (money), grants to the governments of Least developed countries, low- and Developing country, middle-income countries for the purposes of economic development ...

, 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 () is a fund created by the Republic of Austria to seek to apply restitution for property confiscated by the Nazis during World War II. The fund was established in 19 ...

, ex officio member of the board of trustees

Personal life

His brother, Wilhelm Müller, is mayor of

Weiden bei Rechnitz Weiden may refer to: Places ;In Austria * Weiden am See in the district of Neusiedl am See in Burgenland * Weiden bei Rechnitz in the district of Oberwart in the Burgenland * Weiden an der March in the district of Gänserndorf in Lower Austria ...

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Muller, Eduard 1962 births People from Oberwart Austrian non-fiction writers Ministers of finance of Austria Living people 20th-century Austrian people 21st-century Austrian people 21st-century Austrian politicians