Austrian court acquits ex-Chancellor Sebastian Kurz of his perjury conviction

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Saim Dušan Inayatullah

05/26/2025May 26, 2025

An Austrian court has overturned an eight-month suspended jail sentence former Chancellor Sebastian Kurz had received after being found guilty of giving false testimony.

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Austrian former Chancellor Sebastian Kurz in suit in Vienna on November 9, 2021

An Austrian court on Monday overturned former Chancellor Sebastian Kurz's conviction for giving false testimony to a parliamentary inquiry.

"Sebastian Kurz... is acquitted," a three-member panel of judges said.

Kurz was once a rising star among European conservatives and twice headed a governing coalition in Austria.

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