Othmar Karas

Othmar Karas

Othmar Karas (born 24 December 1957 in Ybbs an der Donau, Lower Austria) is an Austrian politician and Member of the European Parliament. He is a member of the Austrian People's Party, vice-chair of the EPP-ED group, and sits on the European Parliament's Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs.

He is also a substitute for the Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection, a member of the delegation for relations with Japan, a substitute for the delegation for relations with the People's Republic of China, and a member of the temporary committee on policy challenges and budgetary means of the enlarged Union 2007–2013.

He is married to Dr. Christa Waldheim-Karas, daughter of Kurt Waldheim and Elisabeth Waldheim.

Career

• Mag. phil. (1996)
• Master of European and International Business Law (MBL), University of St. Gallen (1997)
• Manager in the banking and insurance sector (since 1981)
• Assistant Secretary-General of Bundesländer Versicherung (currently on leave of absence)
• Federal president of the Union of Students (1976–1979)
• Political adviser to the ÖVP (1979–1980)
• First Vice-Chairman of the Austrian Federal Youth Association (1980–1990)
• Federal Chairman of the Young ÖVP (1981–1990)
• Member of the national executive of the ÖVP (1981–1991)
• Secretary-General of the ÖVP (1995–1999)
• President of the Austrian Aid Organisation (since 1998)
• First Vice-President of Hilfswerk Austria (since 1998)
• Vice-President of the Young European Christian-Democrats (EUJCD) (1981–1990)
• Member of the EPP Bureau and Council (since 1995)
• Member of the steering committee of the European Democratic Union (EDU) (since 1995)
• Member of the board of the Austrian Association of Graduates
• Member of the Land and federal executives of the Austrian Workers' and Employees' Association (ÖAAB)
• Member of the Nationalrat (1983–1990)
• Member of the European Parliament (since 1999)
• Vice-President of the Political Academy
• Vice-President of the Friedrich Funder Institute

External links

• Official website (in German)
• European Parliament biography
• Declaration of financial interests (in German; PDF file)

Persondata
Name	Karas, Othmar
Alternative names
Short description	Austrian Member of the European Parliament
Date of birth	24 December 1957
Place of birth	Ybbs an der Donau, Lower Austria
Date of death
Place of death