Austria to appoint 27 year old foreign minister.

[Syt]

Austria's new foreign minister is this strapping young 27 year old:



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sebastian_Kurz

Sebastian Kurz (born 27 August 1986) is an Austrian politician and currently the Secretary of State for Integration. He is a member of the Austrian People's Party (ÖVP). On December 12th 2013, he was designated as the new Minister for Integration, Europe and International Affairs of Austria.

Kurz was born in Vienna and brought up in the city district of Meidling, where he is still living. He entered the Bundesgymnasium und Bundesrealgymnasium Erlgasse in 1996 and after his final exam in 2004 Kurz completed the obligatory military service. In 2009 he was elected chairman of the youth branch of the Austrian People's Party. Between 2010 and 2011 he was member of Vienna's city council. In April 2011 Kurz was appointed to the newly created post of State Secretary for Integration (which is part of the Ministry for Internal Affairs. At Austria's general election in 2013 he was elected member of parliament.

So he's already been part of the previous government for 3 years. He will be the youngest foreign minister in the EU.

Where were you when you were 27?

I was in Germany, working a job I didn't care for and pondering whether to move to Austria to live my dream of being a writer.

[The Brain]

He's a Nazi.

[Phillip V]

Tell me about his family.

[Syt]

No idea, but his birth district of Meidling is generally a blue collar to middle class area in Vienna.

[Iormlund]

Where were you when you were 27?

Heh. You say that as if becoming a politician is something commendable.

I'd be more impressed if he worked as an ER nurse.

[The Brain]

Where were you when you were 27?

Heh. You say that as if becoming a politician is something commendable.

I'd be more impressed if he worked as an ER nurse.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QHwURR7-BKI

[Grey Fox]

Where were you when you were 27?

Right here, giving shit to Caliga for being HR.

[Razgovory]

When I was 27 I also held high position in imaginary countries.

[Admiral Yi]

This is the kind of wackiness you get when political success is determined by climbing the party ladder.

[Syt]

Heh. You say that as if becoming a politician is something commendable.

Well, he does qualify for a minister's pension afterwards. So I'd say he's set for life.

[The Brain]

Is he one of those genuinely funny Nazis?

[crazy canuck]

This is the kind of wackiness you get when political success is determined by climbing the party ladder.

Agreed.  It is one of the reasons I have been suspicious of proportionate voting schemes.

[Ideologue]

Shia LeBouf got a new job, and still everyone bitches about him.  The man has the right to live, okay?

[Ed Anger]

Young People. 

[Caliga]

Is it really important that Austria have an experienced foreign minister?  Does Austria like, do anything important from a foreign relations standpoint?