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Karl-Heinz Grasser | |
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 Grasser in 2004 | |
| Minister of Finance of Austria | |
| In office February 2000 – January 2007 | |
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| Born | Karl-Heinz Grasser |
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| Children | 1 |
Karl-Heinz Grasser (born 2 January 1969) is a former Austrian politician (FPÖ at first and later associated with but never officially a member of the ÖVP), who held the office of Austrian Finance Minister from February 2000 to January 2007 as a member of the two subsequent governments of Wolfgang Schüssel. For some time, Grasser was some kind of a jet set person after marrying Fiona Swarovski, the heir of the Swarovski crystal manufacturers in Tyrol, Austria. While at the time praised by many for, in Grasser's words "consolidating Austria's budget",[1] he has since then been known for his involvement in major corruption scandals. In 2020, Grasser was sentenced to 8 years in prison for corruption.[2]
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- ^ "Buwog-Urteil: Generalprokuratur empfiehlt Bestätigung des Grasser-Schuldspruchs". DER STANDARD (in Austrian German). Retrieved 2024-09-19.