Martin Bartenstein

{{Short description|Austrian businessman and politician (born 1953)}}

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| image = Bartenstein-Martin 2009.jpg

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| caption = Martin Bartenstein in 2009

| office = Minister of Economy and Labor

| primeminister = Alfred Gusenbauer

| predecessor =

| successor =

| term_start = 11 January 2007

| term_end = 2008

| office1 = Minister of Environment, Youth, and Family Affairs

| primeminister1 = {{ubl|Franz Vranitzky | Viktor Klima}}

| predecessor1 = {{ubl|Maria Rauch-Kallat (Environment) |Sonja Moser (Youth and Family)}}

| successor1 =

| term_start1 = 1996

| term_end1 = 2000

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1953|6|3|df=y}}

| birth_place = Graz, Austria

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| party = Austrian People's Party

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| alma_mater = University of Graz

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| nationality = Austrian

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Martin Bartenstein ({{IPA|de|ˈmaʁtiːn ˈbaʁtn̩ˌʃtaɪn}}; born 3 June 1953) is an Austrian businessman and politician who held different cabinet portfolios between 1995 and 2008. He is a member of the Austrian People's Party.

Early life and education

Bartenstein was born in Graz on 3 June 1953.{{cite web|title=Who's who in the Gusenbauer cabinet|work=Wikileaks

|url=http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WL0701/S01771/cablegate-whos-who-in-the-gusenbauer-cabinet.htm|access-date=16 October 2013|date=23 January 2007}} He obtained a Ph.D. in chemistry from the University of Graz in 1978.

Career

Bartenstein started his career at his family's company, Lannacher Heilmittel GmbH, in 1978{{cite web|title=Martin Bartenstein Ph.D.|work=BusinessWeek|access-date=16 October 2013|url=http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/person.asp?personId=132903004&privcapId=46996782&previousCapId=37508090&previousTitle=APEIRON%20Biologics%20AG}}{{dead link|date=April 2023|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} and worked there until 1995. He also founded his own firm, Genericon, in 1986.

In 1991 Bartenstein became a member of the Austrian parliament for the Austrian People's Party. He served as the minister of environment and public economy from May 1995 to 1996. He was minister of environment, youth, and family affairs from 1996 to 2000.{{cite book|editor1=Günter Bischof|editor2=Anton Pelinka|editor3=Ferdinand Karlhofer|title=The Vranitzky Era in Austria|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gO9BLoCyT-cC&pg=PA299|year=1999|publisher=Transaction Publishers|isbn=978-1-4128-4113-9

|page=299|volume=7|location=New Brunswick, NJ; London|author=Matthew Paul Berg|chapter=Book review}} In this post he served first in the cabinet of Franz Vranitzky and then in the cabinet of Viktor Klima.

Then he was named minister of economy and labor in 2000. He retained his post in the coalition cabinet formed by Prime Minister Wolfgang Schüssel in March 2003.{{cite news|title=New government coalition formed in Austria|access-date=16 October 2013

|url=http://www.kuna.net.kw/ArticleDetails.aspx?language=en&id=1323073|work=KUNA|date=1 March 2003}} On 11 January 2007 he became again minister of economy and labor in the coalition cabinet led by Prime Minister Alfred Gusenbauer.{{cite book|editor1=Günter Bischof

|publisher=Transaction Publishers|isbn=978-1-4128-1932-9|page=340|location=New Brunswick, NJ; London|chapter=Survey of Austrian Politics Austria 1997|author=Reinhold Gärtner}} In 2012, Bartenstein was made the traffic affairs spokesman of the Austrian People's Party.{{cite news|title=Bartenstein suggests Swiss strategy|url=http://austrianindependent.com/index.php?id=9847&currPage=&=&print=1|access-date=16 October 2013|work=Austrian Independent|date=2 January 2012}}

Personal life

Bartenstein married Ilse Bartenstein in 1983 and they have five children, a daughter and four sons.{{cite web|title=Dr. Martin Bartenstein|url=http://www.vienna-economic-forum.com/111.html|work=Vienna Economic Forum|accessdate=16 October 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131017015513/http://www.vienna-economic-forum.com/111.html|archive-date=17 October 2013|url-status=dead}}