Christoph Chorherr is an Austria

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. From 1996 until December 1997 he was federal spokesperson of the Austrian Green Party

Austrian Green Party

The Greens – The Green Alternative is a political party in the Austrian parliament.The party was formed in 1986 with the name Grüne Alternative, following the merger of the more conservative Green party Vereinte Grüne Österreichs and the more progressive party Alternative Liste Österreichs The...

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From 1979 to 1986 he studied economics

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 at the Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration, specialising in environmental economics

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. In 1991 he became member of the federal state council of Vienna

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 for the Austrian Greens. He was federal spokesperson of the party from 1996 until December 1997, after which he retreated from federal politics and went back to lead Vienna

Vienna

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's federal state party politics. He is also teaching at the Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration.

Chorherr is founder and head of two NGOs.
"S²arch - Social Sustainable Architecture" http://sarch.twoday.net/ that operates aid projects in South Africa

South Africa

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and the "Ithuba Skills College" http://ithuba.twoday.net/

External links

• Chorherr`s political blog (in German)

Spokespersons of the Austrian Green Party Austrian Green Party The Greens – The Green Alternative is a political party in the Austrian parliament.The party was formed in 1986 with the name Grüne Alternative, following the merger of the more conservative Green party Vereinte Grüne Österreichs and the more progressive party Alternative Liste Österreichs The... Johannes Voggenhuber Johannes Voggenhuber Johannes Voggenhuber is an Austrian politician and former Member of the European Parliament for the Austrian Green Party, which is part of the European Greens. He is vice president of the parliament's Constitutional Affairs Commission.From 1982 to 1987, he was member of the city council in...  - Peter Pilz Peter Pilz Peter Pilz is an Austrian politician and a leading member of the Austrian Green Party.Born in Kapfenberg, Styria, Pilz has been a member of the Austrian Parliament between 1986 and 1991 and since 1999...  - Madeleine Petrovic Madeleine Petrovic Madeleine Petrovic is an Austrian politician. From 1994 to 1996 she was federal spokesperson of the Austrian Green Party....  - Christoph Chorherr - Alexander Van der Bellen Alexander Van der Bellen Alexander Van der Bellen is an Austrian economist and politician, chairman of the parliamentary club and federal spokesperson of the Austrian Green Party from 1997 to 2008....