Christoph Chorherr

Christoph Chorherr (born 9 December 1960, Vienna) is an Austrian politician. From 1996 until December 1997 he was federal spokesperson of the Austrian Green Party.

Christoph Chorherr
Spokesman of the Green Party
In office March 1996 – December 1997
Preceded by	Madeleine Petrovic
Succeeded by	Alexander Van der Bellen
Personal details
Born	(1960-12-09) 9 December 1960 (age 64) Vienna, Austria
Political party	Green Party
Website	Official website

From 1979-86 he studied economics at the Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration, specialising in environmental economics. In 1991 he became a member of the federal state council of Vienna for the Austrian Greens. He was federal spokesperson of the party from 1996 until December 1997, after which he retreated from federal politics and went back to lead Vienna's federal state party politics. He teaches at the Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration.^[1]

Chorherr is founder and head of two NGOs:

• "S²arch - Social Sustainable Architecture"^[2] which operates aid projects in South Africa
• "Ithuba Skills College"^[3]