Erhard Busek, Visiting Professor of the Practice of Public Policy Studies, DeWitt Wallace Center for Media and Democracy  

Email Address: media@pps.duke.edu

Areas of Expertise

    Education:
    JD, University of Vienna, 1963

    Research Description: Erhard Busek began his professional career as legal adviser to the Association of Parliamentarians of the Austrian People's Party. He then served in a number of administrative positions, including Secretary-General of the Austrian Federation for Trade and Commerce, Secretary-General of the Austrian People's Party, Deputy-Mayor of Vienna, Minister of Science and Research, Minister of Education, and Vice Chancellor of Austria. Dr. Busek received his law degree from the University of Vienna. Currently, he is editor of the monthly newspaper Wiener Journal, chairman of the Institute for the Danube Region and Central Europe (Institut für den Donauraum und Mitteleuropa) and member of the Committee on Education in the European Union under the chair of Mme. Edith Cresson. Dr. Busek is visiting professor of the practice of public policy at Duke University and was appointed to the Southeast European Cooperative Initiative, a project created to enhance stability in Southeastern Europe through the development of economic and environmental cooperation. Most recently, he has been acting as a special coordinator of the Stability Pact for South Eastern Europe.

    Bio/Profile
    Erhard Busek, former vice chancellor of Austria, is co-chair of the Commission on Radio and Television Policy: Central and Eastern Europe. He began his professional career as legal advisor to the association of parliamentarians of the Austrian People's Party. He then served in a number of administrative positions including secretary-general of the Austrian Federation for Trade and Commerce, secretary-general of the Austrian People's Party, deputy-mayor of Vienna, minister of science and research, minister of education, and then, vice chancellor.

    He edits a monthly newspaper Wiener Journal, and is chairman of the Institute for the Danube and Central Europe, member of the Committee on Education in the European Union, and coordinator of the Southeast European Cooperative Initiative (SECI), a project created to enhance stability in Southeastern Europe through the development of economic and environmental cooperation.

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