Alexander Van der Bellen

Leader of the People's Party Sebastian Kurz addresses the media after formally being asked to form a government by Austrian President Alexander Van der Bellen in Vienna.

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Alexander Van der Bellen, a former leader of the leftist Greens party now running as an independent, arrives for his final election rally ahead of Austrian presidential election in Vienna, Austria, on May 20, 2016.

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