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member of the National Council of Austria (2024–2025); member of the National Council of Austria (since 23 October 2019); member of the National Council of Austria (since 12 June 2019); deputy mayor (2000–2025)."},{"q":"Where did Christian Stocker study?","a":"Christian Stocker was educated at University of Vienna."}],"related":[{"name":"Kurt Schuschnigg","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/kurt-schuschnigg"},{"name":"Josef Klaus","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/josef-klaus"},{"name":"Alfred Gusenbauer","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/alfred-gusenbauer"},{"name":"Carl Vaugoin","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/carl-vaugoin"},{"name":"Otto Ender","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/otto-ender"},{"name":"Arthur Seyss-Inquart","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/arthur-seyss-inquart"},{"name":"Sebastian Kurz","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/sebastian-kurz"},{"name":"Wolfgang Schüssel","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/wolfgang-schussel"}],"places_in":[],"nearby":[],"image":{"url":"https://diginpl.com/kb-img/christian-stocker-a4f16c0172.jpg","width":500,"height":750,"license":"Attribution","credit":"Frédéric Sierakowski / European Council","page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Christian_Stocker_EuCo_2026.jpg"},"sources":[{"label":"Wikipedia (English): Christian Stocker","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_Stocker","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"},{"label":"Wikidata item Q64576653","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q64576653","license":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},{"label":"Image: Christian Stocker EuCo 2026.jpg by Frédéric Sierakowski / European Council (Attribution)","url":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Christian_Stocker_EuCo_2026.jpg","license":null}],"license":{"text":"CC BY-SA 4.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","facts":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},"attribution":"Text from the Wikipedia article Christian Stocker, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image: Christian Stocker EuCo 2026.jpg — Frédéric Sierakowski / European Council, Attribution.","cite":"\"Christian Stocker\". DigiNepal. Last updated 1 November 2026. https://diginpl.com/people/christian-stocker. Retrieved 5 November 2026.","date_modified":"2026-11-01T07:02:55Z","facts_checked":"2026-11-05","alternates":{"html":"https://diginpl.com/people/christian-stocker","en":"https://diginpl.com/people/christian-stocker","ne":"https://diginpl.com/people/christian-stocker?lang=ne"}}