Mirko Messner

Mirko Messner
Chair of the Communist Party of Austria
In office
March 2006  June 2021
Co-leading with Melina Klaus (2006–2012)
Preceded byWalter Baier
Succeeded byGünther Hopfgartner
Personal details
Born
Štefan Miroslav Messner

(1948-12-16) 16 December 1948
Slovenj Gradec, PR Slovenia, Yugoslavia
NationalityAustrian
Political partyCommunist (KPÖ)
Alma materUniversity of Vienna

Štefan Miroslav "Mirko" Messner (born 16 December 1948) is an Austrian, Carinthian Slovene Slavicist and communist politician, leading the Communist Party of Austria (KPÖ) from February 2006 to June 2021.