Rectorate Team (from left to right): Markus Fallenböck, Catherine Walter-Laager, Peter Riedler, Mireille van Poppel and Joachim Reidl. Photo: Uni Graz/Tzivanopoulos
Rector Dr. Peter Riedler
Peter Riedler, born in Graz in 1969, received his doctorate in international and European law from the University of Graz. His professional career took him, among other places, to the European Parliament in Brussels, to the Styrian provincial government, in 2002 to the Federal Chancellery, with a focus on economics and research, and in 2007 to AVL List GmbH in Graz as Director of Public Affairs. In 2011, Riedler became vice rector, and in December 2021, executive rector. Since October 2022, he has been the elected Rector of the University of Graz.