Mayor and Governor of Vienna

Michael Ludwig

• Political party: SPÖ - Austrian Social Democratic Party, formerly Austrian Socialist Party
• Address: 1010 Vienna, Lichtenfelsgasse 2, Stiege 5, 1st floor
• Phone: +43 1 4000 81111
• Fax: +43 1 4000 99 82010
• E-mail: michael.ludwig@wien.gv.at

Date and place of birth

Born on 3 April 1961 in Vienna

Educational and professional background

• 1967 to 1971: Primary school
• 1971 to 1975: Lower secondary school
• 1975 to 1980: Commercial college
• 1981 to 1982: Mandatory military service
• University studies in political sciences and history at the University of Vienna
• 1992: PhD

Professional career

• 1984 to 1986: Course instructor and project manager in adult education
• 1986 to 1991: Head of education of a Public Learning Centre (VHS)
• to 2007: Head of the Vienna Office of the Dr Karl Renner Institute

Voluntary and honorary functions

• since 1995: Chairman of the Association Verband Wiener Volksbildung
• since 2007: Chairman of the board of the Association of Austrian Public Learning Centres
• since 2007: Chairman of the board of Die Wiener Volkshochschulen GmbH
• to 2018: President of the wohnfonds_wien and Vice President of the Vienna Business Agency

Political functions

• 1994 to 1995: Member of the District Council of Vienna’s 21st district of Floridsdorf
• 1 January 1996 to 8 September 1999: Member of the Austrian Federal Council
• from 1982: several voluntary and honorary functions at local, district and provincial level
• to 1995: Member of the District Council of Vienna’s 21st district of Floridsdorf
• January 1996 to 8 September 1999: Member of the Austrian Federal Council
• to 2018: Chairman of the Social Democratic Party of the district of Floridsdorf
• until January 2018: Deputy Chairman of the Vienna Social Democratic Party
• since 27 January 2018: Chairman of the Vienna Social Democratic Party
• President of the Austrian Association of Cities and Towns
• Member of the Federal Party Executive of the Austrian Social Democratic Party
• Chairman of the federal educational organisation of the Social Democratic Party
• Chairman of the Kreisky Archive
• Member of the federal board of social democratic freedom fighters, victims of fascism and active anti-fascists

Functions held in the Vienna Provincial Parliament/Vienna City Council and Government of the Province of Vienna/Vienna City Senate

• 9 September 1999 to 25 January 2007: Member of the Vienna Provincial Parliament and Vienna City Council
• 25 January 2007 to 24 May 2018: Executive City Councillor for Housing, Housing Construction and Urban Renewal
• 26 March 2009 to 25 November 2010: Deputy Mayor and Deputy Governor
• since 24 May 2018: Mayor and Governor of Vienna