born in Salzburg in 1950, politically active in Salzburg from 1977 to 1987, city council until 1987. Cofounder of the Green Party in Austria, as of 1988 their federal whip, as of 1990 delegate of the National Assembly of Austria. In 1995 he transfers to the European parliament where he represents the Green Party until 2009. He was also a member of the convent for the European Fundamental Rights Charter, and the convent for the European Constitutional Treaty. He lives in Vienna and Salzburg.