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Briefly with partner Thier: "Overjoyed and very grateful"
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LEONHARD FOEGER / REUTERS
The Austrian ex-Chancellor Sebastian Kurz has announced the birth of his first child.
»My friend Susanne gave birth to our son in the early hours of the morning.
We are overjoyed and very grateful! «Wrote the 35-year-old party leader of the conservative ÖVP on social media on Saturday.
His partner Susanne Thier and the baby are doing well.
Kurz resigned as head of government in October after corruption investigators searched the Chancellery and the ÖVP headquarters, among other things. Kurz and some of his close political colleagues are suspected by the prosecutor of having circulated manipulated polls in the media. Public funds are said to have been diverted for this. Among other things, the allegation of infidelity is in the room.
Kurz, who denies the allegations, moved to the National Council, the Austrian parliament, after his resignation as parliamentary group leader.
He also remained chairman of the ÖVP.
In mid-November, the National Council lifted the politician's immunity, paving the way for further corruption investigations.
His successor in the office of Federal Chancellor was the former Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg.
Kurz became Chancellor in 2017 - when he was the youngest head of government in the world.
Sebastian Kurz and Susanne Thier have been a couple since they went to school.
Thier works in the Ministry of Finance.
According to the Austrian media, the child's name should not be revealed for the time being.
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