Martin Kocher

Governor, Oesterreichische Nationalbank; Member, ECB's Governing Council

Martin Kocher is Governor of the Oesterreichische Nationalbank and member of the ECB's Governing Council since September 2025. He held the positions of Austrian Federal Minister of Labour from 2021 to 2022 and Federal Minster of Labour and the Economy from 2022 to March 2025. Prior to this, he was Scientific Director of the Vienna-based Institute for Advanced Studies, President of the Fiscal Advisory Council and Chairman of the Statistics Council. He is Full Professor of Economics at the University of Vienna (on leave), corresponding member of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, and has held academic positions at universities in Munich, East Anglia, Amsterdam, Gothenburg, Brisbane and Innsbruck, where he obtained his doctorate.

Last updated: May 08, 2026

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