On 2nd December 2008 Werner Faymann, the executive chairman of the Social Democratic Party of Austria (SPÖ), was sworn in by Federal President Heinz Fischer as Federal Chancellor

Werner Faymann was born 4 May 1960 in Vienna (Austria). He is married and has two children.

Occupational career

1985 - 1988 consultant at the Zentralsparkasse

1988 director and provincial chairman of the Viennese Tenants' counselling

Political career

1985 - 1994 provincial chairman of Socialistic Youth Vienna (Sozialistische Jugend Wien)

1994 - 2007 member of the Viennese state parliament and municipal council; executive city councillor for housing, housing construction and urban renewal; president of the Viennese Fund for Provision of Property and Urban Renewal (Wiener Bodenbereitstellungs- und Stadterneuerungsfonds: WBSF) and vice president of the Viennese Business Agency (Wiener Wirtschaftsförderungsfonds: WWFF)

2007 - 2nd December 2008 - Federal Minister for Transport, Innovation and Technology (BMVIT)

since June 2008 - executive chairman of the Social Democratic Party of Austria (SPÖ)

since 2nd December 2008 - Federal Chancellor of Austria