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Leader of the People's Party Sebastian Kurz addresses the media after formally being asked to form a government by Austrian President Alexander Van der Bellen in Vienna.

Conservative Austrian ‘whiz-kid’ tapped to form government

October 20, 2017Global Politics

Austria’s president on Friday tasked election winner Sebastian Kurz with forming a government, putting the 31-year-old conservative on course to become the world’s youngest leader.

People's Party candidate Sebastan Kurz at a polling station in Vienna, Austria, on Oct. 15, 2017.

Austria is projected to elect a conservative millennial as Europe’s youngest leader

October 15, 2017Global Politics

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