Gunter Mayr

Gunter Mayr
Mayr in 2025
Minister of Finance
In office
20 November 2024 – 3 March 2025
ChancellorKarl Nehammer
Alexander Schallenberg (acting)
Preceded byMagnus Brunner
Succeeded byMarkus Marterbauer
Personal details
Born (1972-01-25) 25 January 1972
Alma materUniversity of Innsbruck

Gunter Mayr (born 25 January 1972) is an Austrian economist who served as interim minister of finance from November 2024 to March 2025.[1]

Early life and career

Mayr was born in Innsbruck in 1972, and graduated from the University of Innsbruck with a degree in legal science and business economics.[2] He began working for the Ministry of Finance in 2003, and was appointed head of the tax policy and tax law department in 2012.[3] In 2009, he became a professor of financial law at the University of Vienna.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Gunter Mayr wird Finanzminister" (in German). Kronehit. 19 November 2024.
  2. ^ "Univ. Prof. DDr. Gunter Mayr (Rt-D) ist neuer Bundesminister für Finanzen" (in German). Österreichischer Cartellverband. 20 November 2024.
  3. ^ "Sektionschef Gunter Mayr wird neuer Finanzminister". Vienna.at (in German). 19 November 2024.
  4. ^ "Gunter Mayr: Wer ist der neue Finanzminister?". Kleine Zeitung (in German). 19 November 2024.