Otto von Hößlin

Otto von Hößlin
Otto von Hößlin's Euclean Commissar portrait in 2014
Chancellor of Werania
Assuming office 4 April 2018
Monarch	Charlotte II
Succeeding	Dietrich Wittmann
Leader of the Modern Centre Party
Incumbent
Assumed office 4 April 2018
Preceded by	Dietrich Wittmann
Second Deputy High Commissioner
In office 14 November 2014 – 31 March 2018
President	Alexandre Lévesque Alexis Walker
Preceded by	TBA
Succeeded by	Dietrich Wittmann
Commissioner for the Budget and Social Matters
In office 14 November 2014 – 31 March 2018
President	Alexandre Lévesque Alexis Walker
Preceded by	TBA
Succeeded by	Dietrich Wittmann
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office 18 May 2011 – 14 November 2014
Prime Minister	Dietrich Wittmann
Preceded by	Volkhardt Köhler
Succeeded by	Peter Scholz
Minister of Justice
In office 12 July 2007 – 18 May 2011
Prime Minister	Dietrich Wittmann
Preceded by	Karlheinz Brötzmann
Succeeded by	Melanie Althammer
Minister of Defence
In office 18 May 1991 – 4 November 1995
Prime Minister	Wolfgang Löscher
Preceded by	Hans Furstenfeld
Succeeded by	Josef Anschütz
Personal details
Born	(1952-06-24) 24 June 1952 Gofkecht, Bonnlitz, Werania
Political party	Modern Centre
Spouse	Julia Neumark
Alma mater	Royal Kolreuth Academy

Otto von Hößlin (born (1952-06-24)24 June 1952, aged 65) is a Weranian politician who has served as Chancellor of Werania since April 2018. The incumbent leader of the Modern Centre Party (PMZ) von Hößlin previously served as Second Deputy High Commissioner and Commissioner for the Budget and Social Matters in the Euclean Commission from 2014 to 2018, Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2011 to 2014, Minister of Justice from 2007 to 2011 and Minister of Defence from 1991 to 1995.

Prior to entering politics von Hößlin worked as a corporate lawyer representing WIA Holdings (the state-owned oil company in Werania) before being elected to parliament at the 1987 general election for the Modern Centre Party. In 1991 he entered the cabinet of Wolfgang Löscher as the Minister of Defence leaving cabinet in 1995 following the defeat of the purple government. von Hößlin returned to government in 2007 when he was appointed Minister of Justice in the first cabinet of Dietrich Wittmann. Following the 2011 election von Hößlin was promoted to Minister of Foreign Affairs.

In 2014 von Hößlin was appointed as Second Deputy High Commissioner and Commissioner for the Budget and Social Matters in the Euclean Commission of Alexandre Lévesque. He resigned from the Commission in 2018 following the resignation of Chancellor Wittmann to run for PMZ leader. He was elected as PMZ leader in April 2018 subsequently being sworn in as Prime Minister.

Von Hößlin is seen to be a conservative in his party, supporting economic liberalism and social conservatism. He describes himself as a "Sotirian democrat".