Minister of Social Affairs and Consumer Protection of the Republic of Austria

Rudolf Hundstorfer started his trade union activities as youth spokesman in the admini- stration of the City of Vienna. As from 1975, Mr. Hundstorfer was responsible for Youth Affairs in the Union for Municipal Employees (Gewerkschaft der Gemeindebediensteten - GdG) where he became an expert on organisational questions before being elected secretary general in 1983 and in 1998 chairman of the „Landesgruppe Wien“ (Vienna‘s
faction at the GdG). In 2001, he was elected Executive Chairman of the GdG. Mr. Hundstorfer served as Chairman of the Social Democratic Trade Unionists (Fraktion Sozialdemokratischer Gewerkschaf- terInnen - FSG) from 2003 to 2006 and was elected Chairman of the GdG in March 2007. Rudolf Hundstorfer was member of Vienna‘s Provincial Diet and City Council from 1990 to 2007 and the first Chairman of Vienna‘s City Council from 1995 to 2007.
In 2003, Rudolf Hundstorfer was elected Vice President of the Austrian Trade Union Federation (Öster- reichischer Gewerkschaftsbund - ÖGB). In 2006, he followed Fritz Verzetnitsch as executive president of the ÖGB and became its president as well as member of the executive committee in 2007 with a key responsibility for social affairs. On 2 December 2008, Rudolf Hundstorfer was sworn in as Minister of Social Affairs and Consumer Protection of the Republic of Austria. Since February 1st 2009 he is also responsible for Labour Affairs. Mr. Ruttenstorfer was born in 1950, is married and has 3 children.