Alexander "Sascha" Van der Bellen (German: [alɛkˈsand ... Van der Bellen was a member of the Social Democratic Party from the mid-1970s until the late 1980s, but his interests later turned towards the environmental movement. His former postgraduate Peter Pilz, ...

A former member of the Social Democratic Party, Van der Bellen became Member of the National Council of Austria (Nationalrat) for the Austrian Green Party in 1994. On 13 December 1997 he became their federal spokesperson, and in 1999 became chairman of the Greens Parliamentary Party in the National Council.

Van der Bellen has described himself as a centrist liberal, and supports green and social liberal policies. As discussed in his 2015 book, he is supportive of the European Union and advocates European federalism.

Oct 22, 2024 · In the election the center-left Social Democrats secured 21.1 percent of the vote, placing them third. On October 9, President Alexander Van der Bellen asked the leaders of the three largest...

May 24, 2016 · Mr Van der Bellen’s election makes him Europe’s first Green head of state. But the contest is more significant for what it says about the parlous standing of Austria’s two mainstream parties....

Initially a member of the Social Democratic Party (SPÖ), Alexander Van der Bellen later joined the Greens. He was elected Member of Parliament in 1994 and re-elected until 2012, when he resigned from the National Council.

Jan 6, 2025 · President Alexander Van der Bellen has turned to the far-right Freedom Party and its provocative leader Herbert Kickl to form a new government after the governing conservatives failed to pull together a new ruling

Firstly a member of the Social Democratic Party, Alexander van der Bellen later joined the Greens (DG). Elected MP in 1994 he then became the party's spokesperson in 1997, a post he occupied until 2008.

Alexander Van der Bellen was supported by the Social Democratic Party (SPÖ), the Greens (DG), his home party, and New Austria (NEOS). The People's Party (ÖVP) did not field a candidate against him but did not expressly support him, merely …

From 1990 to 1994 he was dean of the faculty for social sciences and economics. A former member of the Austrian Social Democratic Party, Van der Bellen became Member of the National Council of Austria for the Austrian Green Party in 1994.