1. Andreas Khol was born on 14 July 1941 and is an Austrian politician of the centre-conservative Austrian People's Party, President of the National Council from 2002 to 2006.
10 Facts About Andreas Khol
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Andreas Khol was born in Bergen auf Rugen, Germany, and raised in the town of Sterzing in South Tyrol, Italy.
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Andreas Khol assumed the post of head of the Senior Citizens Organisation in the Austrian People's Party.
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Andreas Khol resigned from the post after he accepted the nomination to stand as a candidate for the post of Federal President in 2016.
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Andreas Khol immediately challenged the government's open-door policy on accepting refugees and managed to bring about a U-turn both in his Party and the Government.
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Visibly shaken on election night, Khol announced he would no longer play an active role in politics.
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Andreas Khol is proficient in English and French and is the editor of an annual political science book called the Austrian Politics Yearbook.
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Raeto-Bavaria Innsbruck, a Catholic fraternity that belongs to the Cartellverband, Andreas Khol is known to be religious and has often voiced conservative opinions on social policy.
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Andreas Khol's youngest son Julian is an internationally known male model and married to Turkish TV host Nazan Eckes.
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Andreas Khol has six children, three boys and three girls and 15 grandchildren.