Factbox-Austria's next chancellor: ex-soldier, hardliner, survivor

FILE PHOTO: Austrian Interior Minister Karl Nehammer looks on as he visits Belarus-Lithuania border in Medininkai, Lithuania August 24, 2021. REUTERS/Ints Kalnins

VIENNA (Reuters) - Following are some key facts about Austrian Interior Minister Karl Nehammer, who was picked by top officials of the ruling conservative party on Friday to be their leader and the country's next chancellor.

* Nehammer, who will succeed Sebastian Kurz and his ally the current chancellor, Alexander Schallenberg, will head the current ruling coalition between his People's Party (OVP) and Greens.