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| Born: | March 2nd, 1941 in Belgrade | |
| Parents: | Dr.rer.pol. Herbert Kier Dr.phil. Paula Kier, geb. Sebian |
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| Citizenship: | Austrian | |
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EDUCATION |
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| 1947 – 1951 | Primary School in Friesach/Kärnten | |
| 1951 – 1959 | Secondary School in Linz, School Leaving Examination 1959 | |
| 1960 – 1966 | Studies in History, Mathematics, Law and Communication Science at the universities in Marburg a.d. Lahn, BRD, und Vienna | |
| 1970 | Doctor of Law, University of Vienna | |
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BUSINESS ACTIVITIES |
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| 1970 – 1972 | Court practice, District Court Kitzbühel and District Court Linz | |
| 1972 – 1979 | Law practice in Linz and in Vienna | |
| 1979 – 1983 | Assistant to the Board of Managing Directors and Deputy Director of Legal Department of “Steirische Ferngas GmbH” (now Steirische Gas-Wärme GmbH) in Graz, also responsible for purchase of CNG on the international level (former Soviet Union) and lobbying at the level of the Federal Government of Austria | |
| 1983 – 1992 | Federal Ministry of Commerce of the Republic of Austria | |
| 1983 – 1987 | Chief of Staff of the Federal Minister (also Vice Chancellor), especially responsible for a new setting of energy policy including the state-owned energy companies | |
| 1987 – 1992 | Deputy Director, International Energy Board (Section IV), especially responsible for Eastern Europe and the preparation of EU-matters | |
| Member of the supervisory boards of: | ||
| 1984 – 1992 Austria Ferngas GmbH, Wien | ||
| 1984 – 1988 Österreichische Donaukraftwerke AG, Wien | ||
| 1984 – 1989 Österreichisch Bayerische Kraftwerke AG, Simbach/Inn | ||
| 1985 – 1989 Donaukraftwerk Jochenstein AG, Passau | ||
| since 1988 | Managing Director Kier Consulting KG | |
| since 1992 | Consultant and Managing Director, Kier & Partner Management-Consulting GmbH, Vienna | |
| related company kier communication consultants GmbH | ||
| since 2007 | Cooperation with Pharmatext by kier communication consultants GmbH | |
| since 05/2008 | oekostrom AG für Energieerzeugung und -handel, Wien – deputy chairman of the supervisory board / since May 2010: chairman | |
| since 03/2009 | Bau Holding Beteiligungs AG - member of the supervisory board | |
| since 2009 | Senior Advisor FAS.research (Wien / New York) | |
| since 2010 | “HumanInvest – Verein zur Förderung nachhaltiger Veranlagungs-, Wirtschafts- und Lebensformen” – member of the advisory board | |
| since 03/2010 | “smart technologies” Management-Beratungs- und Beteiligungsgesellschaft m.b.H. – chairman of the advisory board | |
| since 11/2010 | Eine Welt Handel AG (Niklasdorf) – member of the supervisory board (deputy chairman) | |
| 2000 – 2003 | Head of the local Office at Vienna of RWE Energy AG, Dortmund (former RWE Plus AG, Essen) | |
| 2000 – 2003 | KCS Industrie-Holding AG, Vienna – Chairman | |
| 2003 – 2005 | Advisor of The Interdisciplinary Centre for Comparative Research in the Social Sciences (ICCR), Vienna – Paris – Budapest | |
| 2005 – 2007 | ICCR-Foundation gemeinnützige Privatstiftung, Wien – member of the supervisory board | |
| 2006 – 2007 | Cooperation with PPV Consulting GmbH | |
| 2007 – 2011 | ICCR-Foundation gemeinnützige Privatstiftung, Wien – member of the executive board | |
| 2008 – 2010 | Ed. Züblin AG (Stuttgart) – member of the supervisory board | |
| 2008 – 2011 | STRABAG AG (Köln) – member of the supervisory board | |
| since 1992 | Lecturer at Karl-Franzens-University of Graz, Department of Economics, since 2003 visiting professor, main focus: Energy and Ecology (liberalization, privatization and structures – for example: emission trading) | |
| since 2002 | Member of Presseclub Concordia | |
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POLITICAL ACTIVITIES |
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| since 1994 | SOS Mitmensch – member of the board | |
| since 1994 | Verein “Niemals Vergessen” – member of board of trustees | |
| since 2000 | Asyl in Not 2000 – 2006 member of the board since 2006 honorary chairman |
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| since 2002 | Netzwerk “Grundeinkommen und sozialer Zusammenhalt B.I.E.N. Austria” – Mitglied | |
| since 2004 | Austrian League for Human Rights - member of the board | |
| 1986 – 1992 | Official representative of Liberal International (1, Whitehall Place, London, SW1A2HE) at the U.N. offices in Vienna, Consultative Status with the United Nations’s Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) | |
| 1994 – 1999 | Member of the Austrian Parliament – key activities: energy policy, industrial policy and social affairs | |
| 1998 - 1999 | Deputy-floor-speaker of Liberales Forum | |
| 1995 - 1999 | National Fund of the Republic of Austria for Victims of National Socialism – member of board of trustees | |
| 2000 – 2010 | Institut für eine offene Gesellschaft - member of the board |
