World leaders seem to be getting younger. But whether youthful energy and verve can ever perform up for lack of experience remains a vexed questionGrey power this is not. Sebastian Kurz,the 31-year-old leader of the conservative Austrian People’s Party (ÖVP), looks set to become the worlds youngest head of government after Sunday’s elections. The country of elegantly dressed, or respectably middle-aged ladies and gentlemen has handed the keys of the Mercedes to a fresh-faced kid.
Kurz may look young but he is not a fresh figure on the Austrian political scene. Four years ago he was made foreign minister. Clearly it was time for a fresh challenge whether his career trajectory was to be maintained.
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Source: guardian.co.uk