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Profile: Austria's ex-Chancellor Sebastian Kurz, the one-time 'Wunderkind'
"Whizz-kid" was just one of the monikers given to Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz when in 2017 he became the world's youngest democratically elected leader aged 31. Four years later, as he announces his departure from politics, here's a look at his rise and fall.