Mahrer submitted resignation as OeNB President

While Martha Schultz has taken the helm at the Chamber of Commerce (WKÖ) - albeit only on an interim basis - and gave a speech in this role for the first time on Thursday, her predecessor Harald Mahrer has now also submitted his resignation as president of the Austrian National Bank (OeNB), reported the "Presse" and "Kurier" (online). The resignation will take effect on November 30.

Resignation also as WKÖ President

Mahrer had tried to counteract the uproar in the Chamber of Commerce over salary increases, his own double earnings, and compensation increases for top officials criticized as exorbitant by initially only announcing his resignation as chief supervisor of the central bank. That was not enough: Later, he also resigned as president of the ÖVP Economic Association and the Chamber of Commerce - but his expected official letter of withdrawal from the central bank had not initially arrived at the Ministry of Finance. According to newspaper reports from Thursday afternoon, this has since changed.

Ingrid Reischl follows on an interim basis

"I would like to inform you that I am resigning from my position as president of the Austrian National Bank with effect from the end of November 30, 2025," quoted the "Kurier" from Mahrer's lines. OeNB Vice President and former ÖGB Managing Director Ingrid Reischl will take over on an interim basis and will lead the next meeting of the central bank's highest supervisory body on December 9, she confirmed to the "Kurier".

(APA/Red)

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