Herbert Haupt

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Herbert Haupt (born 28 September 1947) is an Austrian politician and former party chairman of the Austrian Freedom Party. Haupt was Minister of Social Affairs from 2000 until 2005 in a coalition government headed by Wolfgang Schüssel. He was also Vice Chancellor of Austria from 28 February 2003 until 20 October 2003.^[1]

He is still a member of the National Council of Austria, now representing the Alliance for the Future of Austria (BZÖ) party founded by Jörg Haider in April 2005.

He stepped down as Minister of Social Affairs on 25 January 2005 and was succeeded by Ursula Haubner.