Heinz Fischer Date of Birth : 9 October 1938 Birth Place: Graz, Austria Political Party : Social Democratic Party of Austria Arrival in Power : 8 July 2004 Religion: Agnostic Profession: Politician, Teacher Biography: Heinz Fischer was born in 1938, in Graz, Austria. He went to earn a doctorate in law from the University of Vienna in 1961. Fischer has been a politician since 1971, for this he is widely criticized as being a career politician and out of touch with the real world. Nonetheless he was elected president of Austria in 2004. Sources: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinz_Fischer Werner Faymann Date of Birth: 4 May 1960 Birth Place: Vienna, Austria Political Party: Social Democratic Party Arrival in Power: 2 December 2008 Religion: Roman Catholic Profession: NA Biography: Werner Faymann was born in 1960, in Vienna Austria. He became chairman of his political party the Social Democratic Party of Austria in 2008 and they obtained the most seats in the 2008 elections. He was consequently asked to form the next government and become chancellor of Austria. Sources: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Werner_Faymann