Editing Heinz Fischer (section)

{{Short description|President of Austria from 2004 to 2016}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2022}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name                = Heinz Fischer
| image               = Heinz Fischer - Buchmesse Wien 2018.JPG
| caption             = Fischer in 2018
| office              = [[President of Austria]]
| chancellor          = {{ubl | [[Wolfgang Schüssel]] | [[Alfred Gusenbauer]] | [[Werner Faymann]] | [[Christian Kern]] }}
| 1blankname          = <!-- {{nowrap|[[Vice-Chancellor of Austria|Vice Chancellor]]}}
| 1namedata = [[Hubert Gorbach]] <br /> [[Wilhelm Molterer]] <br /> [[Josef Pröll]] <br /> [[Michael Spindelegger]] <br /> [[Reinhold Mitterlehner]] -->
| term_start          = 8 July 2004
| term_end            = 8 July 2016
| predecessor         = [[Thomas Klestil]]
| successor           = [[Alexander Van der Bellen]]
| office1             = [[Second President of the National Council (Austria)|Second President of the National Council]]
| term_start1         = 20 December 2002
| term_end1           = 16 June 2004
| predecessor1        = [[Thomas Prinzhorn]]
| successor1          = [[Barbara Prammer]]
| office2             = [[President of the National Council (Austria)|President of the National Council]]
| term_start2         = 5 November 1990
| term_end2           = 20 December 2002
| predecessor2        = [[Rudolf Pöder]]
| successor2          = [[Andreas Khol]]
| office3             = Minister for Science and Research
| term_start3         = 24 May 1983
| term_end3           = 21 January 1987
| chancellor3         = {{ubl | [[Fred Sinowatz]] | [[Franz Vranitzky]] }}
| predecessor3        = [[Hertha Firnberg]]
| successor3          = [[Hans Tuppy]]
| birth_date          = {{birth date and age|1938|10|9|df=y}}
| birth_place         = [[Graz]], [[Reichsgau Steiermark]], [[Austria under National Socialism|State of Austria]], [[Nazi Germany|German Reich]]<br>(now Graz, [[Styria]], [[Austria]])
| death_date          = 
| death_place         = 
| party               = [[Independent politician|Independent]] (2004–present)
| otherparty          = [[Social Democratic Party of Austria|Social Democratic Party]]<br>(until 2004)
| spouse              = {{marriage|[[Margit Fischer|Margit Binder]]|1968}}
| children            = 2
| alma_mater          = [[University of Vienna]] ([[PhD]])
| awards              = [[Order of Merit of the Italian Republic]] <br /> [[Order of Prince Henry]] <br /> [[Royal Order of the Seraphim]] <br /> [[Military Order of Saint James of the Sword]]
| honorific_suffix    = [[Order of Prince Henry|GColIH]], [[Order of Merit of the Italian Republic|OMRI]], [[Royal Order of the Seraphim|RSerafO]], [[Military Order of Saint James of the Sword|GCollSE]]
| allegiance          = {{flag|Austria}}
| branch              = {{flagicon image|Roundel_of_Austria.svg|50px|Emblem of Austrian Armed Forces}} ''[[Austrian Armed Forces]]''
| serviceyears        = 1958
| unit                = ''Heerestelegrafenbataillon'' Army Signal Corps
}}
'''Heinz''' '''Fischer''' [[Order of Prince Henry|GColIH]], [[Order of Merit of the Italian Republic|OMRI]], [[Order of the Seraphim|RSerafO]], [[Military Order of Saint James of the Sword|GCollSE]] ({{IPA|de|haɪnts ˈfɪʃɐ|-|De-at Heinz Fischer.ogg}}; born 9 October 1938) is an Austrian [[politician]] who served as the [[president of Austria]] from 2004 to 2016. Fischer previously served as minister for science from 1983 to 1987 and as president of the [[National Council (Austria)|National Council of Austria]] from 1990 to 2002.<ref name="parlamentat">{{cite web |title=Präsidentinnen und Präsidenten seit 1920 {{!}} Parlament Österreich |url=https://www.parlament.gv.at/WWER/NR/PRAES/ |website=www.parlament.gv.at}}</ref> A member of the [[Social Democratic Party of Austria]] (SPÖ) until 2004, he suspended his party membership as he became president.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wienerzeitung.at/DesktopDefault.aspx?TabID=4975&Alias=WZO&cob=483224|title=Wiener Zeitung Online – Tageszeitung für Österreich|first=Wiener Zeitung|last=Online|website=Wiener Zeitung Online – Tageszeitung für Österreich}}{{dead link|date=November 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.br-online.de/bayerisches-fernsehen/rundschau/oesterreich-praesidentenwahl-wahl-ID1272184893984.xml?_requestid=14 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120729092050/http://www.br-online.de/bayerisches-fernsehen/rundschau/oesterreich-praesidentenwahl-wahl-ID1272184893984.xml?_requestid=14 |url-status=dead |archive-date=29 July 2012 |title=Neuer alter Präsident |publisher=[[Bayerischer Rundfunk]] |date=25 April 2010 |access-date=13 November 2010 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author1=Christian Böhmer |author2=Michael Hammerl |title=Warum Heinz Fischer Rendi-Wagner unterstützt - aber nicht für sie abstimmt (Why Heinz Fischer supports Rendi-Wagner - but doesn't vote for her) |url=https://kurier.at/politik/inland/warum-heinz-fischer-nicht-fuer-rendi-wagner-abstimmen-kann/402423830 |website=kurier.at |publisher=k-digital Medien GmbH & Co KG |access-date=4 June 2023 |location=Wien |language=German |date=25 April 2023}}</ref>