Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index Gorbach (left) and Chancellor Schüssel Hubert Gorbach (born July 27, 1956) is an Austrian politician from the Freedom Party. Born in Vorarlberg, he was vice-president ("Landesstatthalter") of Vorarlberg until 2003. In 2003, he succeeded Herbert Haupt as Vice-Chancellor of Austria. Gorbach is also Austrian Minister for Traffic in a coalition government headed by the People's Party. Before starting his political career he worked as manager in the textile industry (Getzner). He is married and loves horses. This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.