Wilhelm Molterer (born 14 May 1955 in Steyr) is an Austrian politician, (ÖVP) Vice Chancellor of Austria and Minister of Finance and acting head of the conservative Austrian People's Party. May 14 is the 134th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (135th in leap years). ... 1955 (MCMLV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Quayside at Enns river Steyr is a town (population 39,495 as of 2001) in the Austrian federal state of Upper Austria, located at the confluence of the rivers Steyr and Enns. ... In Austrian politics, the Vice Chancellor (Vizekanzler) is a member of the federal government acting as a deputy to the Federal Chancellor. ... The Austrian Peoples Party (de:Österreichische Volkspartei, or ÖVP) is an Austrian political party. ...

Wilhelm Molterer grew up in the Upper Austrian town of Sierning. He attended the College of Agriculture in Sankt Florian, and studied social economy at the University of Linz after graduating in 1974. In 1980, he obtained his master's degree. Upper Austria (Ober sterreich) is one of the nine federal states or Bundesl nder of Austria. ... St. ... Johannes Kepler University Linz (JKU Linz, or just JKU -- the full German name is Johannes-Kepler-Universität Linz, the short version is Universität Linz, University of Linz in English; its Latin name is alma mater Kepleriana) is an institution of higher education in Linz, the capital of Upper... 1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday. ...

From 1981 to 1984, he was active in the Austrian Farmer's Association. Starting in 1987, he worked in the Austrian ministry of agriculture, under the ministers Josef Riegler and Franz Fischler. From 1994 to 2003, Molterer himself held this position. 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1984 (MCMLXXXIV) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Franz Fischler (born September 23, 1946) is an Austrian politician. ... 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal by United Nations. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

In 2003, he became the chairman of the party's parliamentary club. Critics claimed that he had direct input in the workings of the national television agency, ORF, over the Moltofon. 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... ORF (Österreichischer Rundfunk) is the National Austrian Broadcasting Corporation. ...

He was named acting party head on 9 January 2007, and was for his positions in the new government. His formal election as party head at the federal party convent in April 2007. January 9 is the 9th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD (or CE) era. ...