Otto von Hößlin
Otto von Hößlin | |
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 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 | |
| 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 | 24 June 1952 Gofkecht, Bonnlitz, Werania |
| Political party | Modern Centre |
| Spouse | Julia Neumark |
| Alma mater | Royal Kolreuth Academy |
Otto von Hößlin (born 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".