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{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Andreas Schieder
| image = Bruno-Kreisky-Preis für das Politische Buch (26448179202).jpg
| office = [[Member of the European Parliament]]<br>from [[Austria]]
| term_start = 2 July 2019
| term_end =
| office1 = [[parliamentary leader|Leader]] of the [[Social Democratic Party of Austria|Social Democratic Party]] in the [[National Council (Austria)|National Council]]
| term_start1 = 28 October 2013
| term_end1 = 25 September 2018
| 1blankname1 = [[List of chairpersons of the SPÖ and SDAPÖ|Chairperson]]
| 1namedata1 = [[Christian Kern]]
| predecessor1 = Josef Cap
| successor1 = [[Pamela Rendi-Wagner]]
| office2 = State secretary in the [[Ministry of Finance (Austria)|Ministry of Finance]]
| chancellor2 = [[Werner Faymann]]
| minister2 = [[Josef Pröll]] <br> [[Maria Fekter]]
| term_start2 = 2 December 2008
| term_end2 = 16 December 2013
| predecessor2 =
| successor2 =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1969|4|16|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Vienna]], Austria
| death_date =
| death_place =
| party = [[Social Democratic Party of Austria|Social Democratic Party]]
| spouse =
| children = 1 son
| alma_mater = [[University of Vienna]]
}}
'''Andreas Schieder''' (born 16 April 1969) is an [[Austria]]n politician who has been a [[Member of the European Parliament]] since 2019.

Previously in his career, Schieder served as [[parliamentary leader]] of the [[Social Democratic Party of Austria|Social Democratic Party]] in the [[National Council (Austria)|National Council]]. He was also state secretary in the [[Ministry of Finance (Austria)|Ministry of Finance]] in the government of [[Chancellor of Austria|Chancellor]] [[Werner Faymann]] from 2008 to 2013.

== Education ==
Schieder attended primary school in [[Hütteldorf]], in the western suburbs of [[Vienna]], the Goethe-Gymasium in Astgasse, and the Gymnasium Kundmanngasse. He graduated from the [[University of Vienna]] with a master's degree in economics. Subsequently, he started work in the economic policy department of the [[Austrian Chamber of Labour]].

== Political career ==
===Early beginnings===
Politicized through the debates about the war history of [[Kurt Waldheim]], Schieder joined the [[Socialist Youth Austria|Young Socialists]]. He served as vice president of the [[International Union of Socialist Youth]] from 1994 to 1997, from 1997 to 1999 as president of the [[Young European Socialists]], as district councilor of [[Penzing (Vienna)|Penzing]] and as a member of the ''[[Wiener Landtag und Gemeinderat]]''. Since 2002 Schieder chairs the SPÖ Penzing, as successor of his father Peter Schieder. And since 2005 he has also been a member of the party leadership of the [[SPÖ Vienna]].

===Member of the Austrian Parliament, 2006–2019===
In the [[2006 Austrian legislative election|2006 national elections]], Schieder became a member of the [[National Council (Austria)|National Council]]. In parliament, he served as his group's spokesperson on foreign policy. From 10 January 2007 he also served as international secretary of the [[SPÖ]] federal organisations.

On 1 July 2008 Schieder was appointed state secretary in the [[Federal Chancellery (Austria)|Federal Chancellery]] in the government of [[Chancellor of Austria|Chancellor]] [[Alfred Gusenbauer]], succeeding Heidrun Silhavy. As state secretary he was responsible for the public service. After the [[First Faymann government|first cabinet]] of [[Chancellor of Austria|Chancellor]] [[Werner Faymann]] was appointed in 2. December 2008, he also became state secretary in the [[Ministry of Finance (Austria)|Ministry of Finance]].

On 28 October 2013 Schieder was elected [[parliamentary leader]] of the SPÖ in the National Council by the [[Parliamentary group|parliamentary club]] of his party; he succeeded [[Josef Cap]] who had held this position for 12 years. He resigned in 2017 and instead chaired the Committee on Foreign Affairs. In addition to his parliamentary work, he was a member of the Austrian delegation to the [[Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe|Parliamentary Assembly]] of the [[Council of Europe]] from 2014 until 2019. Within the Assembly, he served on the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights.<ref>[http://www.assembly.coe.int/nw/xml/AssemblyList/MP-Details-EN.asp?MemberID=6025 PACE Member File: Andreas Schieder] [[Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe]].</ref>

Since June 2016 Schieder has been serving as one of the deputy chairmen of the [[Social Democratic Party of Austria]].

===Member of the European Parliament, 2019–present===
Since becoming a [[Member of the European Parliament]] in the [[2019 European Parliament election|2019 elections]], Schieder has been serving on the [[European Parliament Committee on Foreign Affairs|Committee on Foreign Affairs]]. In 2020, he also joined the Special Committee on Foreign Interference in all Democratic Processes in the European Union.<ref>[https://www.europarl.europa.eu/sed/doc/news/flash/24221/Full%20Members%20new%20committees_09-07-2020_en.pdf Members of the Special Committee on Foreign Interference in all Democratic Processes in the European Union] [[European Parliament]], press release of July 9, 2020.</ref> Since 2021, he has been part of the Parliament's delegation to the [[Conference on the Future of Europe]].<ref>[https://conference-delegation.europarl.europa.eu/en/members.html Members of the delegation to the Conference on the Future of Europe] [[European Parliament]].</ref>

In addition to his committee assignments, Schieder is part of the parliament's delegations to the EU-North Macedonia Joint Parliamentary Committee and for relations with Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Kosovo.<ref>[https://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/197670/ANDREAS_SCHIEDER/home Andreas Schieder] [[European Parliament]].</ref> He is also a member of the [[European Parliament Intergroup on LGBT Rights]]<ref>[https://lgbti-ep.eu/who-we-are/members/ Members] European Parliament Intergroup on LGBTI Rights.</ref> and of the URBAN Intergroup.<ref>[http://urban-intergroup.eu/members/ Members] URBAN Intergroup.</ref>

From 2020 until 2021, Schieder was one of the parliament's [[rapporteur|co-rapporteurs]] on the [[EU–UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement]] (TCA).<ref>Martin Banks (28 April 2021), [https://www.theparliamentmagazine.eu/news/article/meps-give-green-light-to-euuk-trade-and-cooperation-agreement MEPs give green light to EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement] ''[[The Parliament Magazine]]''.</ref>

In November 2021, Schieder joined a group of seven Members of the European Parliament led by [[Raphaël Glucksmann]] to [[Taiwan]] to send a strong signal in support of the self-ruling island, despite a threat of retaliation from China.<ref>Sarah Anne Aarup and Stuart Lau (2 November 2021), [https://www.politico.eu/article/meps-set-to-land-in-taiwan-on-tuesday-defying-beijing/ MEPs set to land in Taiwan on Tuesday, defying Beijing] ''[[Politico Europe]]''.</ref>

==Other activities==
* [[SK Rapid Wien]], member of the board of trustees (since 2016)<ref>[https://www.skrapid.at/de/startseite/verein/der-sk-rapid/kuratorium/ Board of Trustees]</ref>
* [[Friends of Nature]], chairman (since 2014)

== Personal life ==
Schieder has one son with fellow SPÖ politician Sonja Wehsely. In his private life schieder is involved as functionary at the [[SK Rapid Wien]] and as president of the FV Austria XIII. He is inspired hiker, health athlete, and long-term member of the Austrian Friends of Nature.

== Recognition ==
* 2011 – [[File: AUT Honour for Services to the Republic of Austria - 3rd Class BAR.png|60px]] [[Decoration of Honour for Services to the Republic of Austria|Grand Decoration of Honour in Silver with Sash]]

==References==
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