Dr. Martin Graf

Personal Information:

                 Name: Mag. Dr. Martin Graf

               Date of Birth: 11^th May 1960 in Vienna, Austria

                Marital Status: Married, three children

 Education:

                 1966 – 1970: Primary School in Vienna, District Donaustadt

                1970 – 1975: Secondary School in Vienna; District Leopoldstadt

                1976 – 1979: Upper School in Krems/Danube

                1980: School Leaving Examination

                1980 – 1987: Studies of Law and Political Economics in Vienna

                1987: Master of Laws

                1994: Doctor of Laws

 Basic Military Service:

                 1979 – 1980: Army-Hospital Lance-Corporal,   Apprenticeship as Corpsman

 Traineeships:

                 1976 – 1985: inter alia: Würth Handels GmbH; Agfa Gevaert GmbH, Cemon Montage GmbH; Wiegast Gaststättenbetriebs GmbH

 Employment History:

                 1985 – 2003: Hotel and Restaurant Industy

                01/1987 – 12/1987: Court Internship

                01/1988 – 12/2001: Bank Austria AG from 04/1992 in abstention

                12/1991 – 11/1994: Sub-agent of the Executive Board of the 22^nd district of  Vienna, Donaustadt

                01/1991 – 11/1994: Member of the Appeal-Senat of the City of Vienna

                04/1992 – 04/2003: Attorney-Aspirant

                          Until 02/1995: RA Dr. Friedrich Frühwald

                          From 03/1995: Dr. Witt & Partner

                12/1994 – 12/2002:  Member of the National Council of Austria

                                                    Chairman of the Board of Science, Research and Technology

                                                    Chairman of the Board of Incoherency

                                                    Member of the following Boards: Education, Industry, Justice, Human Rights, Constitution, Internal Rules of

                                                    Procedure, Immunity

                11/1999 – now: Chairman of the Mariazeller Technologiegespräche

                12/2000 – 04/2006: Board Member of the Retiring Insurance Company              

                01/2002 – 12/2003: Consultant of Bank Austria Creditanstalt AG

                05/2003 – 10/2006: Chief executive office of ARC business service GmbH

                06/2004 – 12/2004: Directorate of via Donau-Entwicklungsgesellschafts mbH  für Telematik und Donauschifffahrt

                01/2005 – 04/2006: Sub-Agent of the Board of Directors of via Donau Österreichische Wasserstraßen Gesellschaft mbH

                07/2006 – 10/2006: Member of the Executive Board of Austrian Research Centers GmbH – ARC

                 10/2006 – now:  Member of the National Council of Austria

                                            Chairman of the Investigation Board concerning Financial Market Control, BAWAG, Hypo-Alpe-Adria and other financial  service providers

                10/2007 – now: Managing Partner of GM Consulting KG

  Political Career:

                 Since 1981: Member of the Student Organisation “Ring Freiheitlicher  Studenten” – RFS

                Since 1987: Member of the Freedom Party of Austria

                Since 1990: Member of the District-Party-Leadership-Board in Vienna, District Donaustadt

                1991 – 1994: Sub-Agent of the District-Chief in Vienna, District Donaustadt

                Since 1991: Member of the Federal-State-Party-Leadership Board in Vienna

                1994 – 2002: Member of the National Council of Austria

                Since 1994: Member of the Federal-Party-Leadership Board

                Since 2003: Member of the Federal-State-Party-Board in Vienna

                Since 2006: Member of the National Council of Austria

            Since 2008: Third President of the National Council of Austria