Otto von Hößlin
Otto von Hößlin | |
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| 44th Chancellor of Werania | |
| Assumed office 28 June 2019 | |
| Monarch | Charlotte II |
| Deputy | Käthe Schickdanze |
| Preceded by | Viktor Oberhauser |
| Leader of the National Consolidation Party | |
| Assumed office 3 August 2015 | |
| Preceded by | Günter Schaefer |
| Minister of Defence | |
| In office 24 June 2008 – 4 May 2011 | |
| Prime Minister | Rasa Šimonytė Dietrich Wittmann |
| Preceded by | Volkhardt Köhler |
| Succeeded by | Peter Schulz |
| Minister of Health Services | |
| In office 17 April 2004 – 24 June 2008 | |
| Prime Minister | Rasa Šimonytė |
| Preceded by | Hans Furstenfeld |
| Succeeded by | Reiner Weitzmann |
| Minister of Industrial Strategy and Employment | |
| In office 18 March 1999 – 17 April 2004 | |
| Prime Minister | Rasa Šimonytė |
| Preceded by | Karlheinz Brötzmann |
| Succeeded by | Josef Anschütz |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 24 June 1952 Gothberg, Bonnlitz-Ostbrücken, Werania |
| Political party | National Consolidation Party |
| Spouse | Julia Neumark |
| Alma mater | Imperial Academy of Weisstadt |
Otto von Hößlin (born 24 June 1952, aged 67) is a Weranian politician who is currently the Chancellor of Werania. The leader of the National Consolidation Party since 2015 von Hösslin previously served in several ministerial roles including in Industrial Strategy and Employment (1999-2004) Health (2004-2008) and Defence (2008-2011).
Prior to entering politics von Hösslin worked as a corporate lawyer representing Retenbank and ÖE Holdings (the state-owned oil company in Werania) before being elected to parliament at the 1991 general election for the NKP. In 1999 he entered the cabinet of Rasa Šimonytė as the Minister of Industrial Strategy and Employment. He served in the role until 2004 when he became Health Minister and in 2008 Defence Minister. When the NKP lost government in 2011 von Hösslin ran for the NKP leadership representing the national conservative wing of the party but he was defeated by Günter Schaefer who represented the moderate, neoliberal wing.
In 2015 von Hösslin became NKP leader where he steered the party to the right, supporting more right-wing populist policies. This led to a rise in support for the NKP which led to the NKP to become the largest party in the 2019 election. He subsequently formed a government with the Democratic Alternative party
Von Hößlin is seen to be a national conservative in his party, supporting economic nationalism and social conservatism. He describes himself as a "Sotirian democrat".
Early life
Otto von Hößlin was born on the 24 June, 1952 in the city of Gothberg in Bonnlitz-Ostbrücken. Von Hößlin was the second child and first son of Ludwig von Hößlin, a jurist who came from a minor noble family. His mother, Karin Berta von Neumann, came from the much more prominent von Neumann family with his great-grandfather Andreas von Neumann having served as the president of the Volkstag during the 1890's for the Conservative Party. His family have been described as conservative and Catholic with a "provincial mindset".
Education
Von Hößlin was educated at the Saint Thomas Preparatory School, an all-boys private school located in rural Cislania, for his primary education. His secondary education was also at an all-boys private school, the Sternberger Gymnasium graduating with his abitur in 1970. He attended the Imperial Academy of Weisstadt studying a bachelors degree in law from 1970 onwards after passing the entrance exam that year.
Von Hößlin graduated from university in 1974 and worked as an apprentice (Rechtsanwaltsanwärter) for the Jungmann Law Firm based in Gofberg from 1974-1977. After completing an apprenticeship and spending ten months working as a clerk in at a local court von Hößlin became eligible to take a law exam in 1978 which he passed, enabling him to be officially employed as a lawyer (Rechtsanwalt).
Business career
Following his graduation as a lawyer von Hößlin worked in a corporate capacity for the Weranian banking group Rentenbank from 1978 to 1982. He left Rentenbank in 1982 to work for ÖE Holdings, the state owned oil corporation in Werania.