Alexander Zach (born 10 September 1976) is an
Austria
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n politician and former member of the Austrian Parliament (2006–2008). He has been the head of the
Liberal Forum
The Liberal Forum (german: Liberales Forum, LiF) was a centrist, liberal political party in Austria. The party was active from February 1993 to January 2014, when the party merged into NEOS – The New Austria.
A member of the Liberal Intern ...
from 2001 to 2008. Although his party did not run the
elections of 2006, Zach was given a seat on the
SPÖ
The Social Democratic Party of Austria (german: Sozialdemokratische Partei Österreichs , SPÖ), founded and known as the Social Democratic Workers' Party of Austria (german: link=no, Sozialdemokratische Arbeiterpartei Österreichs, SDAPÖ) unti ...
as a result of an alliance whose aim was forestalling another term of
Wolfgang Schüssel
Wolfgang Schüssel (; born 7 June 1945) is an Austrian People's Party politician. He was Chancellor of Austria for two consecutive terms from February 2000 to January 2007. While being recognised as a rare example of an active reformer in conte ...
as
chancellor
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. Only five days before the
Austrian legislative elections in September 2008 Zach resigned his position as head of his party after being accused of lobbying for
EADS
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.
References
1976 births
Living people
Austrian politicians
Politicians from Vienna
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