Johannes Hübner

Johannes Hübner was an Austrian politician who was a Member of the Federal Parliament for Vienna South-West for the Freedom Party of Austria 2008–2017. He previously sat in parliament for Vienna District 4. He was the party's spokesman on Foreign Affairs until October 2017.

Life and career

Hübner was born in Vienna on 7 October 1956. He graduated from Vienna University with a Doctorate in Law in 1979 and took articles 1980–86, when he commenced working as a lawyer. He was the legal advisor to the FPÖ.
On 3 February 2023, leaked emails revealed that a Kremlin-linked lobbying group offered payments to several European politicians to promote pro-Russia policies. According to these emails, Johannes Hübner was in this group of these politicians, and he would get €20,000 for holding a speech in the Austrian Parliament against sanctions on Russia. He would have received an extra €15,000 if the vote had been successful.
A Motion for a resolution was registered on the official parliament website on 7 June 2016, to cancel sanctions imposed on Russia due to "considerable "harm to the Austrian economy".
Hübner died on 2 February 2025, at the age of 68.