Former EU-Kommissar Johannes Hahn probably OeNB President become. The ÖVP, which is responsible for selecting personnel according to the coalition agreement, is said to have decided this, reported Standard and Krone on Tuesday evening. The corresponding decision should be loud Krone will be approved by the Council of Ministers on Wednesday.
The position of OeNB President has been vacant since November 30th Harald Mahrer had resigned from his mandate as OeNB General Council President. The step, announced three weeks earlier, was a reaction to strong criticism of the then WKÖ boss regarding the events in the Chamber of Commerce.
OeNB: Johannes Hahn should succeed Harald Mahrer
Because the criticism did not subside even after that, Mahrer also took his hat off as WKÖ boss. The General Council of the OeNB is currently headed on an interim basis by Vice President Ingrid Reischl.
Hahn was Austrian EU Commissioner in Brussels from 2014 to 2024, initially for enlargement and neighborhood policy, then for budget and administration. The ÖVP politician was previously Minister of Science between 2007 and 2010. The 68-year-old has been the EU special envoy for Cyprus since May.