[1] Andreas Khol was born in Bergen auf Rügen, Germany, and raised in the town of Sterzing in South Tyrol, Italy.

Andreas Khol assumed the post of head of the Senior Citizens Organisation in the Austrian People's Party.

Internal squabbles in the ÖVP and a lack of engagement by the party machine were cited as reasons as well as a swell in support for the far-right candidate Norbert Hofer (FPÖ) who topped the poll.

Raeto-Bavaria Innsbruck, a Catholic fraternity that belongs to the Cartellverband, Andreas Khol is known to be religious and has often voiced conservative opinions on social policy.

His youngest son Julian is an internationally known male model and married to Turkish TV host Nazan Eckes.