Austria's far-right leader Herbert Kickl does not exactly cut a dashing figure but he has skilfully tapped into voter anxieties over migration, the war in Ukraine and the Covid pandemic.
Neither as charismatic as former leader Joerg Haider, nor as bullish as his predecessor Heinz-Christian Strache, the sharp-tongued politician has made his career largely behind the scenes as the longtime ideologue of the Freedom Party (FPOe).
