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VIENNA — Austrian police say far-right politician Joerg Haider has died in a car accident.
Police say the accident happened early Saturday in the south of the country.
Haider, 58, was governor of Carinthia and leader of the far-right Alliance for the Future of Austria at the time of his death.
In 1999, Haider raked in 27 percent of the vote in national elections as leader of the Freedom Party.
The party’s subsequent inclusion in the government led to months of European Union sanctions over Haider’s statements, which were seen as anti-Semitic or sympathetic to Adolf Hitler’s labor policies. He had since significantly toned down his rhetoric.
