What is Othmar Karas?
{{Infobox officeholder | name = Othmar Karas | image = Karas, Othmar-2508.jpg | office = [[Vice President of the European Parliament|First Vice-President of the European Parliament]] | president = [[Roberta Metsola]] | term_start = 18 January 2022 | term_end = | predecessor = [[Roberta Metsola]] | office1 = [[Vice-President of the European Parliament]] |alongside1 = ''[[Vice-President of the European Parliament#9th Parliament|See List]]'' | president1 = [[David Sassoli]] | term_start1 = 3 July 2019 | term_end1 = 18 January 2022 |alongside2 = ''[[Vice-President of the European Parliament#7th Parliament|See List]]'' | president2 = [[Martin Schulz]]<br>[[Gianni Pittella]] (acting) | term_start2 = 18 January 2012 | term_end2 = 30 June 2014 | office3 = [[Member of the European Parliament]]<br>for [[Austria (European Parliament constituency)|Austria]] | term_start3 = 1 July 1999 | term_end3 = | office4 = Leader of the [[Austrian People's Party]] in the [[European Parliament]] | leader4 = [[Wolfgang Schüssel]]<br />[[Wilhelm Molterer]]<br />[[Josef Pröll]]<br />[[Michael Spindelegger]]<br />[[Reinhold Mitterlehner]]<br />[[Sebastian Kurz]] | term_start4 = 1 July 1999 | term_end4 = 2019 | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1957|12|24|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Ybbs an der Donau]], [[Austria]] | death_date = | death_place = | party = [[Austrian People's Party]] | otherparty = [[European People's Party]] | spouse = Christa Waldheim | children = 2 | education = [[University of Vienna]]<br>[[University of St. Gallen]] | website = {{url|othmar-karas.at|Official website}} }} '''Othmar Karas''' (born 24 December 1957) is an [[Austria]]n politician. He is the First Vice-President of the [[European Parliamen