# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/heinz-fischer
# Generated: 2026-09-01T09:21:11.539Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/heinz-fischer"
name: "Heinz Fischer"
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description: "Austria's president for twelve years, spanning two full terms that book-ended the 2008 crisis and Europe's long reckoning with austerity and migration."
tagline: "Austrian politician (SPÖ), 8th president of Austria (born 1938)"
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birthDate: "1938-10-09"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Born in October 1938, Fischer rose through Austria's Social Democratic Party, serving as minister for science from 1983 to 1987 before a long stretch as president of the National Council from 1990 to 2002. He suspended his SPÖ membership in 2004 when he became federal president — a post he held until 2016, navigating Austria through two terms marked by economic turbulence and shifting political winds across the continent.