Johannes Hübner (7 October 1956 – 2 February 2025) was an Austrian politician who was a Member of the Federal Parliament for Vienna South-West for the Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ) 2008–2017.[1] He previously sat in parliament for Vienna District 4 (1986–1997). He was the party's spokesman on Foreign Affairs until October 2017.
Life and career
Hübner was born in Vienna on 7 October 1956. He graduated from Vienna University with a Doctorate in Law in 1979 and took articles 1980–86, when he commenced working as a lawyer. He was the legal advisor to the FPÖ.
On 3 February 2023, leaked emails revealed that a Kremlin-linked lobbying group offered payments to several European politicians to promote pro-Russia policies. According to these emails, Johannes Hübner was in this group of these politicians, and he would get €20,000 for holding a speech in the Austrian Parliament against sanctions on Russia. He would have received an extra €15,000 if the vote had been successful.[2]
A Motion for a resolution was registered on the official parliament website on 7 June 2016, to cancel sanctions imposed on Russia due to "considerable "harm to the Austrian economy" (the same thesis as in leaked emails).[3]
Hübner died on 2 February 2025, at the age of 68.[4]
References
- ^ "Dr. Johannes Hübner". Austrian Parliament. Retrieved 2 December 2016.
- ^ Tkachenko, Martin Laine (Eesti Ekspress), Cecilia Anesi (IrpiMedia), Lorenzo Bagnoli (IrpiMedia), and Tatiana. "Kremlin-Linked Group Arranged Payments to European Politicians to Support Russia's Annexation of Crimea". OCCRP. Retrieved 3 February 2023.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ "Aufhebung der Russland-Sanktionen | Parlament Österreich". www.parlament.gv.at (in German). Retrieved 3 February 2023.
- ^ "Ehemaliger FPÖ-Politiker Johannes Hübner verstorben". Der Standard. 3 February 2025. Retrieved 3 February 2025.
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