Herbert Kickl | |
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| Chair of the Freedom Party | |
| Assumed office 7 June 2021 | |
| Preceded by | Norbert Hofer |
| Minister for the Interior | |
| In office 18 December 2017 – 22 May 2019 | |
| Chancellor | Sebastian Kurz |
| Preceded by | Wolfgang Sobotka |
| Succeeded by | Eckart Ratz |
| General Secretary of the Freedom Party | |
| In office 23 April 2005 – 12 January 2018 | |
| Preceded by | Uwe Scheuch |
| Succeeded by | Marlene Svazek |
| Member of the National Council | |
| Assumed office 23 October 2019 | |
| Nominated by | Norbert Hofer |
| Affiliation | Freedom Party |
| In office 24 May 2019 – 22 October 2019 | |
| Constituency | 3 – Lower Austria |
| In office 30 October 2006 – 18 December 2017 | |
| Nominated by | Heinz-Christian Strache |
| Affiliation | Freedom Party |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 19 October 1968 Villach, Carinthia, Austria |
| Political party | Freedom Party |
| Children | 1 |
Herbert Kickl (born 19 October 1968) is an Austrian politician. He has been the leader of the Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ) since June 2021. He has been a Member of the National Council since 2019. He was the Minister for the Interior from 2017 to 2019 and general-secretary of the FPÖ from 2005 to 2018. He has been seen as a far-right politician.
Kickl led the FPÖ into the 2024 legislative election in which his party won the most seats in the National Council. The party won 29.2% of the vote, its best result in the party's history.
