Wednesday, 25/05/2016 16:41 (GMT+7)
Mr. Alexander Van der Bellen beat his far-right rival Norbert Hofer on May 23rd to become Austrian President.
Newly-elected President Van dẻ Bellen (Photo: BBC)
The Interior Ministry said Mr Van der Bellen had won 2,254,484 votes to Mr Hofer's 2,223,458, or 50.3% to 49.7%.
Van der Bellen is a retired professor of economics at the University of Vienna. A member of the Austrian Green Party, he served as a member of the National Council from 1994 to 2012, and was chairman of the parliamentary club and federal spokesperson of his party from 1997 to 2008.
He ran as a nominally independent candidate supported by the Green Party in the 2016 presidential election, and finished second out of six in the first round, before winning the second round against Norbert Hofer, a member of the Freedom Party of Austria.
Alexander Van der Bellen will serve as the ninth President of Austria’s second Republic, his term of office lasting until 2022./.
Compiled by BTA