Wolfgang Schüssel is the former federal chancellor of Austria and currently chairman of DER-Dialog-Europe-Russia, Vienna. Between 1975 and 1989 Dr. Schüssel served as a member of the Austrian Parliament. From 1989 to 1995 he worked as minister for Economic Affairs and from 1995-1999 he was vice chancellor and federal minister for foreign affairs. In the period 1995 to 2007 he also worked as national chairman of the Austrian People's Party. Between 2000 and 2007 Dr. Schüssel served as federal chancellor of Austria where, amongst other things, he strove for the integration of Austria into the European Union. From January to June 2006 Austria held the EU Presidency and from 2006 to 2008 Dr. Schüssel was chairman of the Austrian People's Party parliamentary group. Since 2007 he has been a member of the Board of Trustees of the Bertelsmann Foundation and since 2010 he has been a member of the supervisory board of RWE AG. Since 2008 Dr. Schüssel has been president of the Foreign Policy and United Nations Association of Austria. He received a doctorate in law from Vienna University.