What is Franz Vranitzky?
{{Infobox officeholder |name = Franz Vranitzky |nationality = Austrian |image = 2017 Franz Vranitzky (32491463186) (cropped).jpg |order = 19th [[Chancellor of Austria]] |term_start = 16 June 1986 |term_end = 28 January 1997 |president = [[Rudolf Kirchschläger]]<br />[[Kurt Waldheim]]<br />[[Thomas Klestil]] |deputy = [[Norbert Steger]]<br />[[Alois Mock]]<br />[[Josef Riegler]]<br />[[Erhard Busek]]<br />[[Wolfgang Schüssel]] |predecessor = [[Fred Sinowatz]] |successor = [[Viktor Klima]] |birth_date = {{birth date and age|1937|10|4|df=y}} |birth_place = [[Vienna]], Austria |spouse = {{marriage|Christine Christen|()=small|1962}} |party = [[Social Democratic Party of Austria|SPÖ]] |signature = Signature of Franz Vranitzky.png }} '''Franz Vranitzky''' (born 4 October 1937) is an [[Austria]]n politician. He is a member of the [[Social Democratic Party of Austria]] (SPÖ), he was [[Chancellor of Austria]] from 1986 to 1997. In 1984, Vranitzky joined the SPÖ-[[Freedom Party of Austria|Freedom Party]] (FPÖ) government coalition under Chancellor [[Fred Sinowatz]] as minister of finance.<ref name=shadow>{{cite magazine | url = http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,962435,00.html | title = Austria: The Past's Long Shadow | access-date = 2010-01-30 | date = 1986-09-29 | magazine = [[Time (magazine)|Time]] | archive-date = 2009-09-04 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090904025024/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,962435,00.html | url-status = dead }}</ref> He is a former member of the Steering Committee of the [[Bilderberg Group]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bilderbergmeetings.org/former-steering-committee-members.html |title=Former Steering Committee Members |work=bilderbergmeetings.org |publisher=[[Bilderberg Group]] |access-date=2014-02-08 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090630013226/http://www.bilderbergmeetings.org/former-steering-committee-members.html |archive-date=2009-06-30 }}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== {{commonscat-inl