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VIENNA (Thomson Financial) - Austrian Vice-Chancellor and Economy Minister Wilhelm Molterer was elected head of the conservative People's Party on Saturday, putting an end to the era of former Chancellor Wolfgang Schuessel.Molterer was elected, as expected, to succeed Schuessel, who headed the party for a record 12 years, winning 97.04 pct of the votes at his party's conference in Salzburg.Molterer is now expected to take the conservatives on a new course under the motto 'Courage for new values and new directions' after the party suffered an unexpected defeat to the Social Democrats of Chancellor Alfred Gusenbauer in parliamentary elections on Oct 1.tf.TFN-Europe_newsdesk@thomson.comafp/gpCOPYRIGHTCopyright AFX News Limited 2007. All rights reserved.The copying, republication or redistribution of AFX News Content, including by framing or similar means, is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of AFX News.
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