Dr. Werner Fasslabend
AIES President
Werner Fasslabend was born on March 5th, 1944 in Marchegg, Lower Austria.
He attended school at Gänserndorf in Lower Austria and in Vienna at the Theresianum, where he passed his school-leaving examinations in 1963.
After one year of studying at Wilbraham Academy, USA, he went back to Austria, graduated at the University of Vienna with the doctors' degree of law and worked one year in a court practice.
In 1971 he joined private industry and became Product Manager and later on Director for Sales for Henkel-Persil/Austria.
After his membership in various councils in his hometown Marchegg and in the Province of Lower Austria, he was elected as Representative to the Lower House (Member of Parliament) between 1987 and 2006.
From February 2000 until December 2002, he was the 3rd president (=speaker) of the Austrian parliament.
From December 1990 until February 2000 he was Federal Minister of Defence and thus became the longest serving Minister of Defence in the history of the Republic of Austria. During his tenure he executed a far-reaching reform program in the Ministry, adapted the organization of the armed forces to the new threat scenario and modernized Austria's armament.
He also strongly supported Austria's active participation in the EU as well as in the NATO PfP and initiated and organized the first meeting of EU-Ministers of Defence in 1998.
Furthermore, he founded the Central European Cooperation in Peacekeeping (CENCOOP) in 1997.
Werner Fasslabend held different party functions. In 1994 he became the chairman of his party program committee and led the discussion for the new party's program, which was accepted 1995 by the National Congress of Austria's People's Party.
From January 1997 until October 2003 he has been holding the position of the chairman of the Austrian Workers and Employees Association in the Austrian People's Party.
From 2004 to 2015, he was the president of the Political Academy of Austrian People's Party and has been an honorary president since then.
Currently, he is president of the Austrian Institute for European and Security Policy (AIES), head of the Academic Council of Wilfred Martens Center for European Studies in Brussels, president of Universitätszentrum Wien and president of the Austrian-Slovak and the Austrian-Iranian Societies.
Werner Fasslabend is married and has two children with his wife Martina.
Events & Publications
AIES Fact-Finding-Mission China: Part III Shanghai
AIES-Präsident Dr. Werner Fasslabend und AIES Research Fellow Michael Zinkanell zu Besuch in der Volksrepublik
25.10.2019 / Mehr
AIES Fact-Finding-Mission China: Part II Nanjing
AIES-Präsident Dr. Werner Fasslabend und AIES Research Fellow Michael Zinkanell zu Besuch in der Volksrepublik
11.10.2019 / Mehr
Fact-Finding-Mission in China
AIES-Präsident Dr. Werner Fasslabend und AIES Research Fellow Michael Zinkanell zu Besuch in der Volksrepublik
04.10.2019 / Mehr
Die Entwicklungen im Sudan
Diskussionsveranstaltung mit dem Botschafter der Republik Sudan in Wien, Herrn Mirghani Abbaker Altayeb Bakhet.
14.05.2019 / Mehr
Treffen mit südsudanesischen Botschafter in der Türkei
Herr Majok Guandong, Botschafter der Republik Süd Sudan in Ankara, zu Besuch am AIES in Wien.
14.05.2019 / Mehr
Trends 2030 – Gesundes Wachstum für Europa. Erkenntnisse aus 15 Jahren Osterweiterung
Am 25. April diskutierte Dr. Werner Fasslabend, AIES Präsident, bei einer Podiumsveranstaltung organisiert vom Alois Mock Institut über die europäischen Entwicklungen der letzten 15 Jahre seit der EU-Osterweiterung.
07.05.2019 / Mehr
Forschungsreise nach Pakistan
Von 25. Bis 28. März 2019 besuchte AIES Präsident Dr. Werner Fasslabend Pakistan
17.04.2019 / Mehr
Perspektiven am „Horn von Afrika“
Gemeinsam mit der Föderation für Weltfrieden sowie der Ständigen Vertretung Eritreas bei den Vereinten Nationen in Wien organisierte das AIES am 20. März 2019 eine Konferenz zum Thema „Perspectives for Sustainable Peace and Development in the Horn of Africa".
01.04.2019 / Mehr
Forschungsreise nach Vietnam
Anfang März 2019 besuchten Dr. Werner Fasslabend, AIES Präsident, und Dr. Nikolaus Scholik, AIES Senior Advisor, den Vietnam.
21.03.2019 / Mehr
22nd Eurasian Economic Summit in Istanbul
AIES Präsident Dr. Werner Fasslabend nahm an der Konferenz teil und hielt einen Vortrag über die aktuelle Lage im Mittleren Osten.
15.02.2019 / Mehr
Raisina Dialogue 2019
Im Jänner 2019 wurde der Raisina Dialogue zum vierten Mal vom indischen Ministerium für Auswärtige Angelegenheiten und der Observer Research Foundation in Neu-Delhi organisiert. AIES-Präsident Dr. Werner Fasslabend nahm teil.
24.01.2019 / Mehr