Haider, Jörg (1950-2008)

Jorg Haider (Photo: thesetides.com)

Party leader of the right-wing Austrian FPÖ, who provoked the EU to impose sanctions upon Austria when his party joined a conservative led government in 2000. Died in a traffic accident in 2008.

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See also Austria.

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