Josef Riegler

Josef Riegler (born 1 November 1938) is an Austrian former politician and teacher who served as Vice-Chancellor of Austria and Chair of the People's Party from 1989 to 1991.

Josef Riegler
Riegler in September 1990
Vice-Chancellor of Austria
In office 24 April 1989 – 2 July 1991
Chancellor	Franz Vranitzky
Preceded by	Alois Mock
Succeeded by	Erhard Busek
Chair of the People's Party
In office 24 April 1989 – 2 July 1991
Preceded by	Alois Mock
Succeeded by	Erhard Busek
Ministerial offices Federal Minister for Federalism and Administrative Reform In office 24 April 1989 – 22 October 1991 Chancellor Franz Vranitzky Preceded by Heinrich Neisser Succeeded by Jürgen Weiss Federal Minister for Agriculture and Forestry In office 21 January 1987 – 24 April 1989 Chancellor Franz Vranitzky Preceded by Erich Schmidt Succeeded by Franz Fischler
Personal details
Born	(1938-11-03) 3 November 1938 (age 86) Judenburg, Austria
Political party	People's
Spouse	Antonia Schaffer ​ (m. 1966)​
Children	2
Parent(s)	Franz Rigler (father) Maria Rigler (mother)
Alma mater	University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Vienna
Occupation	Politician teacher

Early life and education

Josef Rigler was born on 1 November 1938 to Franz and Maria Riegler in Judenburg. His father died during the Second World War in Italy in 1944. He grew up on a small mountain farm near Judenburg.^[1] He obtained his Matura in 1960 and graduated from the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences in 1965.^[2][3]

Career

From 1965 to 1971, Riegler was a teacher at agricultural colleges, and from 1971 to 1972 he was the director of the agricultural colleges in Stainz.^[3] He was Director of the Styrian Farmers' Association from 1972 to 1980 and then Director of the Austrian Farmers' Association from 1980 to 1983.^[2]

Riegler served as Vice-Chancellor of Austria and Chair of the People's Party from 1989 to 1991. He also served as Federal Minister for Agriculture and Forestry from 1987 to 1990 and Federal Minister for Federalism and Administrative Reform from 1989 to 1991.^[2]

Personal life

Riegler married Antonia Schaffer in 1966 and they have two children together: Martina (born 1967) and Klemens (born 1970). They have four grandchildren. Rieger is Roman Catholic.^[3]