Gernot Blümel

Gernot Blümel (born 24 October 1981) is an Austrian politician of the Austrian People's Party (ÖVP). He served as Austria's finance minister from 2020 to 2021, having announced his resignation shortly after Alexander Schallenberg's resignation on 2 December 2021. Since 2015, he has been the chairman of the Vienna branch of the ÖVP. Prior, he was Chancellery minister for European Affairs, Art, Culture, and Media from 2017 to 2019; he was also General Secretary of the ÖVP from 2013 to 2015.

Gernot Blümel
Blümel in 2020
Minister of Finance
In office
7 January 2020  6 December 2021
ChancellorSebastian Kurz
Alexander Schallenberg
Preceded byEduard Müller
Succeeded byMagnus Brunner
Minister for European Affairs, Art, Culture and Media
In office
18 December 2017  3 June 2019
ChancellorSebastian Kurz
Preceded byThomas Drozda
Succeeded byAlexander Schallenberg
General Secretary of the Austrian People's Party
In office
6 December 2013  15 October 2015
ChairmanReinhold Mitterlehner
Sebastian Kurz
Preceded byJohannes Rauch
Succeeded byPeter McDonald
Personal details
Born (1981-10-24) 24 October 1981
Vienna, Austria
Political partyAustrian People's Party
Domestic partnerClivia Treidl
Children2
Alma mater
  • University of Vienna (Mag. phil.)
  • Vienna University of Economics and Business (MBA)
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