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From 1987 to 2007 Dr. Fasslabend was a Member of the Austrian National Assembly and from 2000 to 2002 he took on the role of the third President of the National Assembly._
After being chairman of the Austrian Workers’ and Employees’ Association (ÖAAB), Dr. Fasslabend, the holder of a doctorate in law, is currently President of the Politischen Akademie der ÖVP, the Political Academy of the ÖVP.