Josef Pröll

{{Short description|Austrian politician (born 1968)}}

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{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Josef Pröll

| image = Josef Proell.jpg

| office = Vice-Chancellor of Austria

| chancellor = Werner Faymann

| term_start = 2 December 2008

| term_end = 21 April 2011

| predecessor = Wilhelm Molterer

| office2 = Minister of Finance

| term_start2 = 2 December 2008

| term_end2 = 21 April 2011

| predecessor2 = Wilhelm Molterer

| successor2 = Maria Fekter

| successor = Michael Spindelegger

| chancellor2 = Werner Faymann

| office3 = Minister of Agriculture

| term_start3 = 28 February 2003

| term_end3 = 2 December 2008

| predecessor3 = Wilhelm Molterer

| successor3 = Nikolaus Berlakovich

| chancellor3 = Wolfgang Schüssel
Alfred Gusenbauer

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1968|9|14|df=y}}

| birth_place = Stockerau, Austria

| party = Austrian People's

| children = Alexander Pröll

}}

File:Flickr - europeanpeoplesparty - EPP Summit 11 December 2008 (27).jpg Horst Seehofer at the 2008 EPP summit]]

Josef Pröll ({{IPA|de|ˈjoːzɛf ˈpʁœl}}; born 14 September 1968, in Stockerau, Austria) is an Austrian former politician who was the chairman of the Austrian People's Party from 2008 until 2011. He was Vice Chancellor and Minister of Finance.

Previously, he was the Federal Minister of Agriculture, Forestry, Environment, and Water Management. He was also in charge of rethinking the party's positions and developing a more liberal socio-economic stance. On 28 November 2008, he was elected as the new federal party chairman by 89.6% of delegates at a party conference in Wels.

After two thromboses he suffered a pulmonary embolism in March 2011. A few weeks later, on 13 April, he resigned from all political functions. His successor was the Foreign Minister, Michael Spindelegger.orf.at: [http://orf.at/stories/2052875/2052864/ Pröll legt alle Ämter nieder]

He is the nephew of Erwin Pröll and the father of Alexander Pröll.