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Line 22: '''Michael Häupl''' (born 14 September 1949) is the [[mayor]] of [[Vienna]]. He is a member of the [[SPÖ\|Social Democratic Party of Austria]]. ==Early Life and ~~career~~Education== Häupl was born in [[Altlengbach]], [[Lower Austria]]. He studied [[Biology]] and [[Zoology]]<ref>{{cite web\|title=Biografie von Dr. Michael Häupl\|url=https://www.parlament.gv.at/WWER/PAD_02884/\|website=Österreichisches Parlament}}</ref> at the [[University of Vienna]] and was an academic assistant at the [[Vienna Natural History Museum]] from 1975 to 1983. ==Political HeCareer== Michael ~~was~~Häupl ~~the~~started his polical career by being elected State Chairman of the [[VSStÖ\|Socialist Students of Austria]], the student organisation of the [[SPÖ]] from 1975 to 1978<ref>{{cite web\|title=Biografie von Dr. Michael Häupl\|url=https://www.parlament.gv.at/WWER/PAD_02884/\|website=Österreichisches Parlament}}</ref>, a member of the Viennese Municipal Council from 1983 to 1988, and from 1988 until 1994, Executive City Councillor for [[Natural environment\|Environment]] and [[Sport]]<ref>{{cite web\|title=Michael Häupl, SPÖ Wien\|url=http://www.spoe.wien/haeupl/\|website=SPÖ Wien}}</ref>. Häupl followed [[Helmut Zilk]] in 1993 as a state party chairman of the SPÖ and on 7 November 1994, he became the mayor of Vienna. Häupl has won three elections since his appointment as mayor; each of them has led to increased majorities for the SPÖ. In the 1996 City Council election, the SPÖ lost its overall control of the 100-seat chamber with 43 seats on 39.15% of the vote. 1996 also saw a strong [[FPÖ]], which won 29 seats (up from 21 in 1991), beating the [[ÖVP]] into third place for the second time running. For the period 1996-2001 the SPÖ governed Vienna in a coalition with the ÖVP.

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