Wedding of EU Commissioner Hahn and former Vice Chancellor Riess – Austria
The Austrian EU Budget Commissioner Johannes Hahn and the former Vice Chancellor Susanne Riess exchanged vows on Friday.
“We got married yesterday with our family and friends at Gut Aiderbichl and are looking forward to a future together,” the newlywed couple announced in a press release on Saturday.
Wedding of Hahn and Riess with prominent guests
According to the “Kronenzeitung” (online edition), the investors René Benko and ex-Chancellor Sebastian Kurz were among the guests invited to the animal sanctuary in Henndorf.
The general director of the Wüstenrot Group and former FPÖ politician Riess now has her second double name, Riess-Hahn. From 1995 to 2011 she was married to the tax consultant and former Deputy Mayor of Innsbruck, Michael Passer. According to the “Oberösterreichische Nachrichten” (online edition), Hahn and Riess-Hahn met through mutual friends and have been in a relationship since 2015.