Heinz Fischer, the President of Austria declare the Games open before the Olympic Hymn was played while the Olympic flag was raised.
Over the years his request has been supported by the Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia (INAH, National Institute of Anthropology and History), by Thomas Klestil, when he was president of Austria, and Heinz Fischer, current Austrian president and then president of the parliament.
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On May 8, 2000, by invitation of German Federal Minister of Defence Rudolf Scharping, President Heinz Fischer attended the barracks-appellation as President of the National Council of Austria in Rendsburg.
She has had some well-known sitters for her paintings, for example novellist Elfriede Jelinek and Austrian President Heinz Fischer.
Media coverage and an expanded advocacy campaign which included pleas by Condoleezza Rice, President Heinz Fischer of Austria and the EU Troika were also in vain.