Eckart Ratz | |
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| Minister of the Interior | |
| In office 22 May –3 June 2019 | |
| Chancellor | Sebastian Kurz |
| Preceded by | Herbert Kickl |
| Succeeded by | Wolfgang Peschorn |
| President of the Supreme Court of Justice | |
| In office 1 January 2012 –1 July 2018 | |
| Preceded by | Irmgard Griss |
| Succeeded by | Elisabeth Lovrek |
| Vice President of the Supreme Court of Justice | |
| In office 9 March 2011 –1 January 2012 | |
| President | Irmgard Griss |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 28 June 1953 Bregenz,Austria |
Eckart Ratz (born 28 June 1953) is an Austrian jurist who served as a judge and the president of the Supreme Court of Justice. From 2011 to 2012 he was a vice president of the Supreme Court. [1]
On 22 May 2019,he was appointed Austrian minister of the interior,replacing Herbert Kickl who had been dismissed from office by President Alexander Van der Bellen. Originally,Ratz was going to serve as a cabinet minister of the transitional government until the General Elections in fall 2019;however,the entire second Kurz government was ousted by a vote of no-confidence,after it lost support in parliament by the former coalition partner FPÖ.
