caption predecessor successor imagesize office order term_start image article_title term_end name alma_mater
haider in 2007 christoph zernatto peter ambrozy gerhard dörfler christoph zernatto 200 px chairman of the governor of carinthia 1999 1989 joerghaider sep07.jpg jörg haider
 2008 1991 jörg haider university of vienna
jörg haider

haider was a controversial figure within austria and abroad .
several countries imposed mild diplomatic sanctions against his party 's participation in government alongside wolfgang schüssel 's Övp , starting from 2000 .
haider died in a car accident shortly after leading the bzÖ in the 2008 austrian parliamentary elections .
