| 1973-1979 | Research Assistant, Institute for Agricultural Management, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna
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| 1978 | Doctorate, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna
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| 1979-1984 | Executive Assistant, Provincial Chamber of Agriculture of Tyrol, Innsbruck
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| 1985-1989 | Director, Provincial Chamber of Agriculture of Tyrol, Innsbruck
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| 1989-1994 | Austrian Federal Minister of Agriculture and Forestry, Vienna
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| 1995-2004 | European Commissioner for Agriculture, Rural Development and Fisheries, Brussels
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| 2005-2011 | Chairman, Ecosocial Forum Europe, Vienna
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| 2005-2015 | Chairman, RISE-Foundation, Brussels
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| 2014-2015 | Chairman of the Steering Committee of the EU scientific programme for Expo Milano 2015
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| since 2012 | President, European Forum Alpbach, Vienna
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| since 2016 | President, Board of Trustees to the Austrian Institute of Advanced Studies (IHS), Vienna |
