Hans Peter Doskozil becomes the new leader of the Austrian Social Democrats. The former defense minister and prime minister of Burgenland received 53 percent of the votes of the approximately 600 delegates at an extraordinary SPÖ federal party conference in Linz on Saturday.
He succeeds Pamela Rendi-Wagner, who has announced her withdrawal from politics. The mayor of Traiskirchen, Andreas Babler, and another competitor were also in the race for the SPÚ leadership.