Peter Westenthaler
Politician
1967 –
Who is Peter Westenthaler?
Peter Westenthaler is an Austrian politician. He assumed his mother's maiden name Westenthaler instead of his former surname Hojač. A member of Jörg Haider's Freedom Party of Austria up to the so-called "Knittelfeld Putsch" of 2002, he then worked for Frank Stronach's Magna Steyr, and in June 2006 was elected chairman of the newly founded Alliance for the Future of Austria.
As leader of the BZÖ, Westenthaler was engaged in a heated dispute with FPÖ chairman Heinz-Christian Strache over which of the two political parties is the legal successor to the former FPÖ.
On 30 August 2008, Peter Westenthaler was officially replaced as chairman of the Alliance for the Future of Austria by party founder Jörg Haider.
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